TikTok Sued by Families in France After Children’s Suicides
- French lawsuit seeks to hold the social media app responsible
- Case adds to a series of actions worldwide over harm to minors
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TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental health of their children, driving two of them to suicide.
The families, grouped in the association Algos Victima, filed their lawsuit at a court in Créteil, south east of Paris, according to a statement from their attorney Laure Boutron-Marmion.