BS Summary: This video contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Burden of Proof, Primacy Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 57.4% saturation with 81 hits. Analysis detected 529 faulty-reasoning hits from 141 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 89.1% and a BS Rank of 93% (1,203 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 92.90% of the video peer group.
And today in New York, Tik Tok is set to argue before a state appeals court.
The company seeks to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Leticia James.
In October 2024, James joined a coalition of 14 state attorneys general in filing separate lawsuits against Tik Tok.
The attorneys general alleged the app uses addictive features that cause high rates of anxiety and depression and that the
company misrepresents the safety of its platform.
Tik Tok previously sought to dismiss the New York case, arguing the state can't seek to hold the company accountable.
Tik Tok said such claims should be brought by the users themselves, but a New York Supreme Court judge denied the request last May.
A panel of appellet judges will hear Tik Tok's appeal later this afternoon.
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