SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah has released new details in a high-profile case it filed against TikTok. The new details reveal multiple internal investigations performed by the social media platform. The state argues the investigation provides proof that the company knew children were being sexually exploited on its platform.
In a new filing of the previously redacted complaint, the investigations performed by TikTok were named “Project Meramec,” and “Project Jupiter.” Even though the investigations provided TikTok with information showing there were crimes being committed on the platform, the Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection said the company “decided not to stop anything because of the financial profits it was raking in.”
“Project Meramec,” along with “admissions of its employees,” gave details on the TikTok LIVE function. That project “allows adults to pay young users to strip, pose, and dance provocatively for ‘diamonds,’ which can be cashed out for real money,” the Division of …