Texas Sues Netflix For Allegedly ‘Spying’ On Customers
The suit says Netflix misled users about data collection and used dark patterns to keep children and adults engaged for ad revenue.
- On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Netflix in Collin County, alleging the streaming giant is "spying" on Texans, including children, in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
- Netflix allegedly conducted a "years-long bait-and-switch," publicly eschewing advertising while secretly stockpiling user information to sell to advertisers, a practice Paxton described as "mining" families for data to make "billions."
- According to the suit, Netflix operates a "surveillance machinery" that processes over 10 million events per second, while allegedly using "dark patterns" like autoplay to keep children addicted to the platform.
- Seeking injunctive relief, Paxton requests the court mandate that Netflix disable autoplay by default on kids' profiles and block the "unlawful collection and disclosure" of user data.
- Paxton stated he will continue to hold "Big Tech" corporations accountable under Texas law for exploiting private data and misleading consumers, targeting the company's $350 billion market cap.
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Texas lawsuit accuses Netflix of illegal data collection
NEW YORK, May 12 — The top prosecutor in Texas filed a lawsuit against Netflix yesterday, accusing the streaming giant of improperly collecting users’ data and designing its platform to be addictive.“When you watch Netflix, Netflix watches you,” reads the opening section of the 59-page lawsuit filed in state court at a Dallas-area courthouse by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.Paxton describes the streamer as a giant data repository where …
Netflix is spying on children and selling user data, Texas AG Ken Paxton alleges in lawsuit
The state of Texas announced a lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix on Monday, accusing it of spying on children and other consumers by collecting their data without consent and designing the platform to be addictive.
Netflix Faces Texas Lawsuit Over Alleged Surveillance of Children and Designing the Platform to be Addictive
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix for allegedly spying on children and collecting their data without prior consent. The Republican, who is running for the US Senate, also accused Netflix of designing its platform to be overly addictive for users. A Netflix spokesperson pushed back on the allegations, citing former CEO Reed Hastings' previous public statements that Netflix does not collect data on its users in the manner of social me…
Texas state's Republican prosecutor Ken Paxton brought Netflix before a civil court in the Dallas suburb on Monday, accusing him of improperly collecting data and making his platform "addictive".
Texas state attorney general Ken Paxton sued Netflix in a civil court on Monday on charges of improper data collection from his users, and so he points out as an addictive nature of the platform.
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The Independent (US)Netflix sued by Texas attorney general who claims streamer is ‘spying’ on users
Republican Ken Paxton has accused the streaming giant of ‘deceptive’ practices around advertising
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