TIKTOK ASKS NEBRASKA JUDGE TO DISMISS AG's LAWSUIT, CALLING ALLEGATIONS 'PUFFERY'

LINCOLN- An attorney for social media giant TikTok recently asked a Lancaster County judge to dismiss the Nebraska attorney general's civil case against the company, calling the allegations the state leveled within it a matter of opinion and "puffery." In the lawsuit filed here in May, Attorney General Mike Hilgers' office accused TikTok of falsely marketing and promoting its "addictive and otherwise harmful product" to Nebraskans.

To put an end to the alleged wrongdoing, the attorney general's office said it was seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief under the state's Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, likening the case to claims brought in the '90s against Big Tobacco. The state alleges the app's safety features are "grossly ineffective" and its enforcement of guidelines "haphazard at best."

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