Two senators, who have pushed online child safety legislation in Congress, demanded that TikTok executives share all materials the company has about the dangers kids may encounter on the wildly popular service.
FILE - Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right speak during a hearing, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington.A bipartisan pair of senators on Friday requested that TikTok turn over “all documents and information” related to disclosures about child safety on the app that, until recently, were hidden from public view.TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege.
They revealed excerpts from previously-unknown documents, mostly TikTok’s internal communications and presentations, and showed the multibillion-dollar tech firm was aware of a whole host of potential harms to children, although it at times presented information publicly that contradicted internal research.
In their letter, Blumenthal and Blackburn described the reporting as including “shocking revelations” about TikTok’s alleged failure to keep minors safe on the platform. “Rather than address these risks, TikTok instead seemingly misled the public about the safety of its platform,” the senators wrote., which passed in the Senate but stalled in the House, gave TikTok until Oct.
“These unredacted documents prove that TikTok knows exactly what it’s doing to our kids–and the rot goes all the way to the top,” the group
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