Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey is co-leading a multistate investigation into whether TikTok is violating state consumer protection laws.
The "concerned citizens" who assisted police are members of groups who hunt people down online in a manner similar to the long-running Dateline NBC segment "To Catch A Predator."
A Bayville man was sentenced to four years in prison along with a Pemberton man after they both attempted to lure underage girls they met on social media to meet in person for sex.
Social media platforms are a resource for information, a way to communicate digitally with family and friends and a place to share with others what's going on in your life. It becomes a place of annoyance or fear when people misuse it to harm others.