CBSLA Reporter Laurie Perez talked to an attorney who is arguing that TikTok is intentionally drawing teens to potentially destructive trends with its app's algorithm.
Eight-year-old Lalani Walton and 9-year-old Arriani Arroyo are two little girls who tragically lost their attempting a social media challenge created on TikTok.
"You wouldn't put your 16-year-old child in a car with 400 horsepower, no seatbelts and bad brakes, well it's kind of the same thing," Bergman said referring to the TikTok"blackout challenge.""You wouldn't put a child in a virtual environment such as TikTok that exposes them to such dangerous materials."
A lawsuit on the families' behalf was filed Friday in Los Angeles County against TikTok. The lawsuit alleges the app's algorithms exploit users under 18 whose brains aren't developed enough to control their impulses and emotions.
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