Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court accusing TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of designing the platform to keep children using it while concealing risks from families. The complaint cites company records showing an average of roughly 543,000 Arizona users under 18 were on TikTok each month from spring 2022 through the end of 2023. It also says the company considered Arizona a “top market.” The state alleges that features including endless scrolling, autoplaying videos, frequent notifications and beauty filters encourage young users to spend more time on the app, increasing advertising revenue. The complaint also challenges TikTok’s safety measures, including a 60-minute screen-time limit that teens can bypass with a passcode. Other allegations include that children younger than 13 can access the platform despite TikTok’s stated age restriction, and that content moderation fails to catch much harmful material, including content involving the sexual exploitation of children. These are claims in the lawsuit, not findings by a court. “Arizona’s children are paying the price for TikTok’s pursuit of profit,” Mayes said in a statement. Arizona is seeking a court order to stop the alleged practices, money returned to consumers and civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each willful violation. TikTok had not responded to a request for comment by the time of publication.