TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective.

Officials across 14 states are suing TikTok for what they say is an addictive algorithm that endangers children's mental and physical health.

More than a dozen state attorneys have sued TikTok, accusing the platform of using addictive product features.

TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective. That’s

TikTok’s political woes deepened Friday after an inadvertent disclosure in a government lawsuit against the platform detailed internal research and communications suggesting that the app’s managers were aware of its alleged risks to children,