TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky.

More than a dozen state attorneys have sued TikTok, accusing the platform of using addictive product features.

Just days after multiple states sued TikTok for allegedly designing the app to addict children, new details have emerged about how they say the company does it. Jo Ling Kent reports.

TikTok argues these claims are misleading and inaccurate. To get a local perspective, we spoke with students at the University of Kentucky about the controversy. “When I need a distraction, if I’m like really stressed out,