December 28, 2022 - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined two Montana-led letters to Apple and Google urging the tech companies to raise TikTok’s age rating in their app stores. Google Play is currently showing a “T” rating, indicating that TikTok is generally appropriate for those aged 13+, while Apple is showing an age rating of “12+”. Paxton said...
Tong calls for traveler protection from flight delays, cancellations ahead of holiday weekend
December 19, 2022 - Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is leading the charge, calling on the federal Department of Transportation to give people like himself power and authority to hold airlines accountable for delays and cancellations. In Monday's announcement, Tong, alongside Republican and Democratic Attorney Generals across the country,...
NC’s Stein joins 51 attorneys general demanding action from FCC on robotexts
December 13, 2022 - North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is one of 51 attorneys general pushing for action from the FCC to cut down on robotexts. He said scammers stole more than $86 million through text scams in 2020 alone. The group is supporting the FCC’s proposal to require that phone companies block texts from invalid, unassigned or unused...
Indiana Sues TikTok for Security and Child Safety Violations
December 7, 2022 - Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued the Chinese-owned app TikTok for deceiving users about China’s access to their data and for exposing children to mature content, in the first state lawsuits against the popular video service. Todd Rokita, the attorney general, claimed that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company...
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