DOJ Charges 28 in California Voting Cases; TikTok Child Safety Concerns Surface

DOJ charges 28 people in California with voting crimes, while court records show TikTok executives failed to act on staff's child safety concerns.

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DOJ Charges 28 in California Voting Cases; TikTok Child Safety Concerns Surface

The Justice Department has charged 28 people in California with voting-related crimes as Election Day approaches, NPR reports.

In a separate development, court records show that TikTok employees alerted executives to concerns about child safety, but the executives did not act on those warnings.

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