The Nevada attorney general has sued social media platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Facebook, alleging they harm children.

Now, Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office is taking on Kik, a lesser-known app that has played a role in multiple child sex cases in Las Vegas.

The office’s lawsuit, filed last month in Clark County District Court, alleges that Kik has “simultaneously court(ed) a teen user base while allowing child predators to run rampant on the app.” It calls Kik “one of the most severe threats to minors currently in operation” and requests a trial, civil penalties and punitive damages.

Besides Kik, the suit names MediaLab AI, the app’s parent company, as a defendant. MediaLab did not respond to requests for comment.

Local criminal defense attorneys said they’ve encountered the

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