Parents, schools, and attorneys general have concerns about TikTok hooking children to the app and serving inappropriate content. Legal action could be difficult after TikTok changed its terms of service The terms were changed quietly this summer to include a suggested timeline for bringing legal action within a year of the alleged harm. The possibility of legal action against TikTok is rising, as a coalition of more than 40 state attorneys general is investigating the social media giant’s treatment of young users. Mr. Roche, a lawyer representing more than 1,000 guardians and minors, sent a letter challenging the updated terms. Leigh Cardinal, a mother in Chico, Calif., is among Mr. Roche’s clients, claiming that her child “went into a dark space” with anxiety and depression while scrolling through TikTok. In October, a coalition of 33 attorneys general jointly sued Meta in a federal court, saying that the social media giant had unfairly ensnared children and teens and deceived users about the safety of its platform. A University of Chicago law professor expects TikTok would have a hard time defending the changes to its terms of service in court.
