# TikTok: The 'Digital Nicotine' Hooking Kids? AGs Launch Major Lawsuits! 📱

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/tiktok-the-digital-nicotine-hooking-kids-ags-launch-major-lawsuits/293116>\
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**Created:** [October 9, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tiktok-the-digital-nicotine-hooking-kids-ags-launch-major-lawsuits/293116 "2024-10-09T00:22:14Z")\
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**Summary:**

1. **Major Lawsuits Filed**  
The **District of Columbia** and **13 states** have filed lawsuits against TikTok, accusing the social media platform of creating a product designed to be addictive, likening it to “digital nicotine.”

2. **Claims of Knowingly Harmful Design**  
Washington D.C. Attorney General **Brian Schwalb** asserts that TikTok’s features, including its algorithm, infinite scroll, push notifications, and in-app currency, are intended to increase user engagement at the expense of children’s health.

3. **Impact on Youth**  
Schwalb emphasized that TikTok’s platform is “dangerously addictive” and is causing significant harm to a generation of young users, prioritizing profits over their well-being.

4. **Unregulated Virtual Economy**  
The lawsuits also highlight concerns over TikTok’s “unregulated and illegal virtual economy,” which allegedly allows harmful content to reach vulnerable young users.

5. **Bipartisan Investigation Background**  
These legal actions follow a bipartisan investigation into TikTok that began in **March 2022** , involving a coalition of attorneys general from various states.

6. **Widespread Legal Scrutiny**  
States including **New York** , **California** , **Kentucky** , and **New Jersey** have joined the legal battle, indicating a growing concern over the platform’s impact on minors and the need for stricter regulations.

**Read more at:** [Courthouse News](https://www.courthousenews.com/tiktok-is-digital-nicotine-meant-to-hook-kids-ags-fume-in-new-suits/)