Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against TikTok on Oct. 3 alleging that the video-sharing app violated a new state law aimed at protecting minors from harmful content and data collection practices.
The Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, which took effect on Sept. 1, prohibits digital service providers from sharing or selling minors’ personal identifying information without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.
The SCOPE Act also requires digital service providers to create tools that allow parents or legal guardians to monitor and control their teens’ privacy and account settings.
In his lawsuit, Paxton alleged that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, collected and stored minors’ personal identifying information while failing to comply with the law’s requirements….