2026-09-25T10:03:15.059Z / 路透社
2025年4月2日，美国加利福尼亚州卡尔弗城，TikTok的标志展示在公司办公大楼外。路透社/丹尼尔·科尔
- 概要
- 公司
- TikTok因该州指控其设计损害青少年利益面临首次庭审
- 另有超过25个州提起诉讼
- 本次审判有望揭开TikTok一直试图保密的运营细节
9月25日（路透社）——阿拉巴马州陪审团将审理该州的指控：TikTok及其中国母公司字节跳动将平台设计得对年轻用户具有成瘾性，并在安全性问题上误导消费者。这是针对该公司的首批诉讼案件进入庭审阶段，此类诉讼全面围绕社交媒体对青少年福祉的影响展开。
本次庭审定于周一在蒙哥马利州法院开庭，预计持续两至三周，将罕见地揭开TikTok的运营内幕。此前该公司曾在被选定进入庭审的案件中达成和解，并一直试图将运营细节对外保密。
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阿拉巴马州的诉讼由州总检察长、共和党人史蒂夫·马歇尔于去年提起。至少另有27个州以及华盛顿特区也已提起诉讼。
TikTok表示，其平台设计将青少年安全作为核心优先事项，并辩称联邦《通信体面法案》第230条保护在线平台无需为用户生成内容承担法律责任。
阿拉巴马州总检察长办公室和TikTok的代表未就本次庭审置评请求作出回应。TikTok的美国业务今年已转移至由美国投资者主导、字节跳动持股20%的实体。
阿拉巴马州指控TikTok的海量视频流使其成为最易让人上瘾的社交媒体平台，其算法将年轻用户推向包含暴力和自残内容的愈发极端的内容，加剧了青少年心理健康危机，并导致该州因自残前往急诊室的人数“激增”。
该诉讼指控TikTok falsely声称其会限制年轻用户接触色情和暴力内容，以在谷歌、苹果和微软运营的应用商店中获得适合青少年的安全评级，并在有关中国政府访问美国用户数据的问题上误导用户。
该州寻求罚款及其他救济措施。
编辑后的文件、密封的归档材料
TikTok和解关键案件以及试图封存或大量编辑法庭记录的行为，使得这家私营公司运营的大量证据无法公之于众。
除各州提起的诉讼外，TikTok还面临数千起由个人、学区和市政当局提起的诉讼，指控其对年轻用户的心理健康造成影响。Meta平台、Snap公司和字母表旗下的YouTube在许多此类案件中也同为被告。
TikTok已和解所有针对其进入庭审阶段的案件，包括五名年轻人和肯塔基州一个学区的索赔请求。
阿拉巴马州的诉讼称，TikTok要求用户自行申报年龄，但用户也可以不创建账号观看视频以规避年龄验证，而即便如此，该公司仍可收集用户的观看习惯数据。诉讼称，缺乏有效的年龄限制使得为年轻用户精选内容的“青少年模式”完全形同虚设。
该州还指控该平台将儿童困在所谓的“过滤气泡”中，推送越来越极端的、吸引他们注意力的内容，包括暴力或有害材料。
上个月，Meta与47个州、华盛顿特区以及美国领土达成了一项总额171亿美元的全面和解协议。Meta未承认有不当行为，作为协议的一部分，其同意修改青少年访问Instagram和Facebook的方式，并将50亿美元的和解金与TikTok、Snap和YouTube是否采纳这些条款挂钩。TikTok尚未就该协议公开置评。
戴安娜·诺瓦克·琼斯报道；亚历克西亚·加拉姆法尔维与辛西娅·奥斯特曼编辑
First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisis
2026-09-25T10:03:15.059Z / Reuters
The logo of TikTok is displayed on the company offices in Culver City, California, U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
- Summary
- Companies
- TikTok faces first trial over state’s claim its design harmed teens
- More than 25 other states have also sued
- Trial could lift veil on details about TikTok’s operations company has sought to keep secret
Sept 25 (Reuters) – An Alabama jury will hear the state’s claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young users and misled consumers about its safety, in the first case against the company to reach trial in the sweeping litigation over social media’s impact on teen wellbeing.
The trial, which is scheduled to kick off Monday in Montgomery state court and expected to last two to three weeks, could provide a rare look inside TikTok, which has settled prior cases selected for trial and sought to keep details of its operations from public view.
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Alabama’s lawsuit was filed last year by state Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican. At least 27 other states and Washington, D.C., have also sued.
TikTok has said it designed its platform with teen safety as a key priority and argued that Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act shields online platforms from liability over user-generated content.
Representatives for the Alabama attorney general’s office and TikTok, whose US operations were transferred this year to an entity led by US investors and 20% owned by ByteDance, did not respond to requests for comment about the trial.
Alabama claims TikTok’s endless stream of videos makes it the most addictive social media platform and that its algorithm pushes young users toward increasingly intense content about violence and self-harm, contributing to a teen mental health crisis and causing the number of emergency room visits for self-harm in the state to “skyrocket.”
The lawsuit accuses TikTok of falsely claiming it limits access to sexual and violent content for young users in order to have its app rated safe for teens in app stores run by Google, Apple and Microsoft and of misleading users about the Chinese government’s access to US users’ data.
The state seeks penalties and other relief.
REDACTED DOCUMENTS, SEALED FILINGS
TikTok’s decision to settle key cases and efforts to seal or heavily redact court records have kept much of the evidence about the privately held company’s operations out of public view.
In addition to the states’ cases, TikTok faces thousands of lawsuits by individuals, school districts and municipalities over its alleged impact on young users’ mental health. Meta Platforms, Snap Inc and Alphabet’s YouTube are also defendants in many of these cases.
TikTok had settled all cases selected for trial against it, including claims by five young people and a Kentucky school district.
Alabama’s lawsuit claims TikTok asks users to self-report their ages, but it also allows users to evade its questions about their age by viewing videos without creating an account, which still allows the company to collect data on their viewing habits. The lack of an effective age restriction makes things like “Kids Mode,” which curates content for young users, entirely useless, according to the lawsuit.
The state also claims the platform traps kids in so-called “filter bubbles,” feeding them increasingly intense content on subjects that capture their attention, including violent or harmful material.
Last month, Meta reached a sweeping $17.1 billion settlement with 47 states, Washington, D.C., and US territories. Meta, which did not admit wrongdoing, agreed to make changes to teens’ access to Instagram and Facebook as part of the deal and conditioned $5 billion of the payout on TikTok, Snap and YouTube’s adoption of those terms. TikTok has not said anything publicly about the deal.
Reporting by Diana Novak Jones; Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Cynthia Osterman
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