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Arkansas sues TikTok, Meta over privacy, child safety claims

The state of Arkansas sued TikTok and Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday, claiming the social media companies were misleading consumers about the safety of children on their platforms and protections of users' private data. The state filed two lawsuits against TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance and a third lawsuit against Meta, which also owns Instagram, accusing the companies of violating the state's deceptive trade practices act. “TikTok is a wolf in sheep's clothing,” one of the lawsuits, filed in state court, said.