TikTok allegedly fueling teen mental health crisis will be focus of first US trial against platform

Fuente: New York Post

An Alabama jury will hear the state’s claims that TikTok and ​its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young users and misled consumers about its safety, in the ‌first case against the company to reach trial in the sweeping litigation over social media’s impact on teen wellbeing. The trial, which is scheduled to kick off Monday in Montgomery state court and expected to last two to three weeks, could provide a rare look inside TikTok, which has settled prior cases selected for trial and ​sought to keep details of its operations from public view. Alabama’s lawsuit was filed last year by state Attorney General Steve Marshall, a ​Republican.