States probed TikTok for years. Here are the documents the app tried to keep secret

Unredacted documents show TikTok is aware of the dangers caused by its app. SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images

SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images

For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.

The confidential material was part of a more than two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general that led to state officials suing the company on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that TikTok was designed with the express intention of addicting young

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