Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., discusses the House focusing on bills aimed at combatting China’s aggression, the ongoing TikTok debate, Congress grappling with a looming government shutdown deadline and DHS Secretary Mayorkas’ job performance.
The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit against the social media platform TikTok this week for allegedly sharing the personal data of minors, which violates the state’s parental consent law known as the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act.
The SCOPE Act was created in Texas to protect minors from the harmful, deceptive and unfair trade practices of some digital services and prohibits digital service providers, like TikTok, from sharing, disclosing or selling a minor’s personal information without the consent of the minor’s parents or guardian.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges in a lawsuit filed against TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, that it is operating a platform in a manner that puts the online safety and privacy of Texas children at risk.
“I will continue to hold TikTok and other Big Tech companies accountable for exploiting Texas children and failing to prioritize minors’ online safety and privacy,” Paxton said in a news release Thursday. “Texas law requires social media