[1][2] In April 2018, Douyin sued Tencent and accused it of spreading false and damaging information on its WeChat platform, demanding CN¥1 million in compensation and an apology.
[15] In June 2024, Utah Attorney General sued TikTok in state court, accusing its livestreaming feature of enabling the sexual exploitation of children.
The lawsuit alleges that TikTok Live operates like a "virtual strip club," where adults may encourage minors to perform illicit acts in exchange for monetary gifts.
[20] In November 2024, Venezuelan families and organizations filed an appeal for protection with Venezuela's Supreme Court concerning the impact of unregulated content on TikTok.
[25] In June 2021, the Netherlands-based Market Information Research Foundation (SOMI) filed a €1.4 billion lawsuit with an Amsterdam court on behalf of Dutch parents against TikTok, alleging that the app gathers data on children without adequate permission.
[28] In October 2024, Texas sued TikTok, accusing it of violating state law by sharing children's personal identifying information without consent from their parents or legal guardians.
[29] The same month, thirteen states and District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok over mental health concerns involving minors.
[30] One of the lawsuits, filed by the Attorney General of Kentucky, stated that TikTok developed an internal strategy to influence U.S. senator Mitch McConnell and other politicians.
[32] The lawsuits claim that children died after attempting the "Blackout challenge", a TikTok trend that involves strangling or asphyxiating someone or themselves until they black out (passing out).
[39] In August 2024, Olivia Anton Altamirano, a TikTok UK content moderator, sued the social media platform and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., in the London employment tribunal, alleging disability discrimination and a toxic workplace culture that caused her stress and pregnancy complications.
[40] In May 2024, the Nebraska Attorney General filed a lawsuit against TikTok for allegedly harming minors' mental health through an algorithm designed to be cultivate compulsive behavior.
[41] In January 2025, a group of French families sued TikTok France for allegedly failing to protect children from content promoting suicide methods.