Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit Thursday against TikTok, alleging the social media platform knowingly shared addictive and harmful content with children and teens.

The suit follows an investigation by the Montana Department of Justice, which discovered "virtually endless amounts of extreme and mature videos presented to children as young as thirteen," Knudsen's office said in a release.

The filing alleges TikTok targeted young users when designing the platform to be addictive and then misrepresented the content being shown on the app in violation of the Montana Consumer Protection Act. This statute seeks to prevent "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce."

"TikTok must be held accountable for poisoning the minds of children and lying to parents about the videos their children can view on the app. Parents need to know the truth about the........

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