TikTok sued again "for exploiting Texas children and….”

TikTok has been sued again in the US. A lawsuit has been filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accusing the social media platform of violating children's privacy and state law. As per a report, the lawsuit says that TikTok shared Texas children's personal identifying information without parental consent.
Paxton is seeking an injunction and civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation of the state's Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, or SCOPE Act, news agency Reuters reported.
Paxton said that TikTok as well as other large technology companies must be held accountable “for exploiting Texas children and failing to prioritise minors' online safety and privacy”.
He also claimed that the platform does not provide tools to restrict children's privacy and account settings. He alleged that TikTok doesn’t even allow information to be shared from accounts set to “private,” and that it allows targeted advertising to children.

In August, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for allegedly violating children's privacy laws. The lawsuit claims that since 2019, TikTok has knowingly allowed millions of children under 13 to create accounts and collect their personal data, including email addresses, phone numbers, and location data, without parental consent.
This practice violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and a 2019 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, a report said.
The Justice Department accuses TikTok of inadequate content moderation, with reviewers spending mere seconds determining the age of users. Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges that TikTok shared children's data with third parties and often ignored parents' requests to delete their children's accounts.
While TikTok offers a "Kids Mode" for children under 13, the lawsuit argues that the company still collected data from these accounts without consent from their parents or legal guardians.
TikTok denied the allegations, stating that many of them are inaccurate or relate to past practices that have been addressed.