Texas AG sues TikTok for allegedly sharing personal data of minors

The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit against the social media platform TikTok this week for allegedly sharing the personal data of minors, which violates the state’s parental consent law known as the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act.

The SCOPE Act was created in Texas to protect minors from the harmful, deceptive and unfair trade practices of some digital services and prohibits digital service providers, like TikTok, from sharing, disclosing or selling...