Popular app banned from hosting young teens in a groundbreaking settlement | CNN Business

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office have banned a controversial anonymous messaging app from serving kids under 18, taking an unprecedented and aggressive step against what regulators called “rampant cyberbullying and threats against children and teens” on the platform.

The targeted ban is the FTC’s latest move in a wider crackdown on social media companies, data brokers and other businesses that allegedly mishandle consumer data or make overhyped claims about artificial intelligence.

As part of a lawsuit and settlement announced Tuesday, the app being penalized — known as NGL — will also

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