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TikTok is being sued by 5,000 parents over concerns about its impact on their children, claiming the app is “poisoning America’s youth.”

The parents are being represented by consumer arbitration platform ClaimsHero, which claims they’re eligible for up to $10,000 in damages because the app’s “search algorithm turns the platform into a drug—featuring relentless violent, sexual, and even suicidal content that targets children as young as 12 years old.”

The lawsuit comes on the heels of a disturbing incident recounted by a parent, who was notified by a friend that her 12-year-old daughter had posted a video on TikTok saying, “LOWKEY GONNA COMMIT Suicide.”

“My child literally did a 360, and all it took was for her to be glued to a phone. Somebody had to be held accountable for this. [ClaimHero’s] views were similar to mine in terms of how they felt about TikTok with the way it’s becoming addictive to kids,” the parent said.

Kelvin Goode, founder of ClaimsHero, emphasized that “it’s more urgent now than ever for parents and guardians to hold TikTok accountable so families like Brittany’s can pursue justice for the injuries caused by the most addictive app on the planet.”