Summary Judgment Bid Granted In Texas’ Consumer Protection Suit Against TikTok

( September 11, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas state court judge on Sept. 10 granted the state’s motion for partial summary judgment in its suit against TikTok Inc. and related entities alleging that the companies operating the social media platform TikTok violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) by “misleading consumers about their efforts to ensure that TikTok protects minors from inappropriate content,” finding that TikTok failed to remove certain categories of video content it claimed it would remove and made misrepresentations about the filtering capabilities of its restricted mode....