The state of Hawaii filed a lawsuit Wednesday against ByteDance Inc., alleging the TikTok parent company built the platform to be dangerously addictive for young users and misled the public about the harms it poses.A 106-page complaint, filed in Hawaii's first circuit, claims TikTok’s business model is built on compulsive use, with programmers structuring the platform to keep its more than 150 million U.S. users engaged for as long as possible. Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez said features like the "For You" feed, endless scroll, autoplay, push notifications and likes are built to maximize...

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