BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a lawsuit against the popular social media app TikTok. According to AG Murrill’s office, TikTok has violated state consumer protection laws, has allegedly exploited young people, and has allegedly deceived the public about the dangers of the social media app.

“Young people are struggling with their mental health because of addictive social media platforms like TikTok,” said Attorney General James. “In New York and across the country, young people have died or gotten injured doing dangerous TikTok challenges, and many more are feeling more sad, anxious, and depressed.”

South Carolina’s chief prosecutor joined 13 other attorneys general filing separate lawsuits Tuesday accusing TikTok of breaking state consumer protection laws. Attorney General Alan Wilson filed his office’s 86-page complaint in Richland County Court.

Massachusetts has joined more than a dozen states in suing TikTok, claiming the app's design causes addiction and harms the mental health of young users.

Massachusetts will not tolerate a future where companies exploit the vulnerabilities of young people for profit,” Campbell said in a statement about the lawsuit. The post Here’s why Attorney General Andrea Campbell is suing TikTok appeared first on Boston.

A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general from across the country filed lawsuits on Tuesday against TikTok, alleging that the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health.

Thirteen states and the District of Columbia sued TikTok, saying the social media app does not do enough to prevent young users from becoming addicted to it. TikTok denies the claims. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports.

The lawsuits cited internal company documents to argue that TikTok created addictive features to "exploit children's underdeveloped psychological and neurological controls."