Current and former TikTok employees have raised concerns internally about how the app’s popular algorithm could hurt young users’ mental health, a newly unsealed video presented as evidence in a North Carolina lawsuit against the company shows.

The comments stand in contrast to repeated public statements by the company that it believes its platform is safe for young people.

North Carolina’s then-Attorney General Josh Stein sued TikTok last year , along with a group of other state attorneys general, for unfair or deceptive trade practices. They alleged that TikTok was designed to be “highly addictive to minors” and that the company has deceived parents and children about the app’s potential safety risks.

On Tuesday, North Carolina Superior Court Judge Adam Conrad ruled that both the co

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