Drug-related content, sexual and suggestive content, and profanity are “rampant” on TikTok and serve a “steady stream” of inappropriate content to users as young as 13, said an Indiana attorney general’s office memorandum (docket 02D02-2212-PL-000400) in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction against the social media platform. The memo was filed Wednesday at the Indiana Superior Court of Allen County.
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Smartbiz is “one of the most prolific transmitters of illegal robocalls” in the U.S., said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) in a complaint filed Monday (docket 1:22-cv-23945) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami. She alleges the VoIP company violated the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act and other statutes, plus the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) “expressly denies” it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), it said in a notice of removal (docket 1:22-cv-06779) Friday in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago. AWS intends to “defend this matter vigorously,” it said.