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According to the Kentucky attorney general’s lawsuit against TikTok, the social media giant sought influence over Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top politicians to persuade them of the platform’s value.

The contents of a two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general is now public due to a redaction error by Kentucky's attorney general.

Kentucky joins a dozen other states and Washington D.C. suing TikTok, saying the social media company targeted and knowingly addicted youth in each state to the platform.

State lawmakers passed a bill through a senate committee that would ban the video-sharing app, TikTok. Security concerns about the app's data sharing worry lawmakers.

Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration banned TikTok on state government devices and accounts Thursday as concerns grow over the app’s risk to national security.

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The proposed settlement applies to 89 million TikTok users in the U.S. whose personal data was allegedly tracked and sold to advertisers in violation of state and federal law.

TikTok will still undergo a national security review by federal officials, but any outright ban, or pressure to sell to an American company, will not be a priority of the Biden White House.

The Federal Trade Commission gave nine social media and tech companies 45 days to hand over details on how they collect user data. It is the latest move by government actors to regulate Big Tech.

A federal judge put the brakes on yet another aspect of President Trump's push to ban TikTok, but uncertainty still clouds the future of the viral video app in the U.S.