Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that the state is suing TikTok, saying the social media platform broke state laws by ignoring them.

The first, Florida House Bill 3, or the Online Protections for Minors Act, limits social media access for minors.

A bipartisan legislation passed in 2024, the Act requires social media platforms to prohibit children aged 13 and under from creating accounts, and to obtain parental consent for children ages 14 and 15.

Second, Florida accused TikTok of violating the state’s Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act by mischaracterizing mature content as “infrequent/mild” and giving the app a 13+ age rating on the Apple Store.

The lawsuit calls these ratings “false,” having found intense sexual content, nudity, drugs and alcohol, strong profanity, self-harm messaging, and other adult content is “frequently and easily accessible” on the popular social media app.

In allowing children to access mature content, TikTok is “actively deceiving Florida parents about the risks of allowing their teens to access this platform,” the lawsuit read.

The platform’s own in-app safety measures fall short, too, the AG office claims. TikTok’s Restricted Mode and Family Pairing do not meaningfully filter or restrict content, and are easily deactivated by children.

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