and shared this quote, this is what i get for telling my son guide to smile at the camera. for his little brother, i have to say that s the most storable thing i ve seen in awhile. we could all use it in terms of how we think about our politics. thanks to the panel, thanks to you for joining us some kasie hunt, cnn news central starts president biden now calling donald trump, a convicted felon, the first time he called them out that way. and what that now signals for this new phase of the presidential election in breaking overnight, i will not be intimidated. attorney general merrick garland near outrage after attacks by republicans were learning new details about what he plans to save before them. this morning. and it is light he virtual strip club tiktok facing you accusations that it enables the sexual exploitation of children zaraa is out today i m john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn new sim and on. him, president biden laying out a new line of attack again
parents appreciated we have much more news and newark new central starts right now. lay about to start part laying out its case against hunter biden in federal court this morning. opening statements are about to start, any expect called to the stand including three romantic and i will not be intimidated. that s part of the message that attorney general merrick garland is about to send a republican lawmakers the ag fighting back in a new way today against the continued attacks against him. and attacks is department is out to get donald trump and the perfect example of why bring your kid to work day is a risky endeavour. dad says, smile for the cameras and the child hits it out of the park. i m kate bolduan with john bourbon, sarah sliders out today. this is cnn news central very shortly hunter biden will arrive at a delaware courthouse for opening statements in his federal gun trial. there are new details this morning about how prosecutors plan to use very personal testimo
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right this morning and explosive new lawsuit against tiktok has now accused the social media app of creating a virtual strip club for children. the suit was filed by utah s attorney general who claims that tiktoks livestream it not only allows the sexual exploitation of minors, but it is connecting innocent victims to predators in real time. seen as clare duffy has the latest love is claire, what are you learning? right? so this lawsuit specifically does take issue with this livestream feature on tiktok called tiktok live. and that s where users can host live videos, interact with comments and with viewers in real time. and the platform also allows viewers to send monetary gifts, which are often represented by colorful emojis to the users hosting live streams. now, often you ll see a livestream are offering a shout out or in other incentive, if somebody sends them a gift. but this lawsuit claims that those kinds of incentives where users are performing for real-time, for money
Perverse incentives where children can be exploited. the lawsuit claims that children can be incurred bridged by adults to engage in illicit acts on camera in exchange for money. and the lawsuit also claims and i m quoting here that tiktok makes these animated gifs even more tempting by designing them like cute, colorful emojis clearly aimed at children. now, tiktok has pushed back on the claims in this report. a spokesperson told me the that the platform has industry-leading policies and measures to help protect the safety and well-being of teens. also said that creators must be at least 18-years-old before they can use this livestream feature. and that the company immediately revokes access to features if we find accounts that do not meet our age requirements, but look, this it s lawsuit claims that tiktok doesn t have sufficient age verification and enforcement measures to ensure that it really is only adults using this livestream feature, john clare duffy. thank you so much for r