Court docs accidentally reveal secret TikTok research about the harm to children [Video]

Washington: TikTok’s political woes deepened on Friday after an inadvertent legal disclosure detailed how aware the app’s managers apparently were of its potential risks to children, airing explosive revelations as the Chinese-owned company tries to fend off a US ban.

The popular video-sharing platform’s internal research showed that children were particularly susceptible to its powerful algorithmic feeds and that excessive use of the site could lead to mental health issues, according to a lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky earlier this week, redacted portions of which were unintentionally left readable.

Even so, the lawsuit alleges, company leaders sought to …