SALT LAKE CITY — A judge will decide how much information about TikTok’s internal business operations will be made public, following a hearing where the state of Utah pushed for it to be released.
In a hearing on Thursday, TikTok attorneys urged 3rd District Court Judge Coral Sanchez to resist ordering the public disclosure of information about the social media giant contained in a redacted complaint filed by the state. They argued the information could disclose competitive secrets about the video app and internal company operations.
“Those allegations don’t just, you know, say nasty things about TikTok. The complaint says nasty things about TikTok throughout. So this is not simply a reputational harm argument,” said Blaine Evanson, an attorney for TikTok. “It’s within those allegations there are many statements from internal, confidential discussions at TikTok related to things about the platform, how the platform operates and, in particular, what TikTok …