TikTok in the Dock: Arkansas A.G. to Take on Social Media Giant in 2026 Showdown

Social Media,

The Arkansas Attorney General’s lawsuit against social media giant TikTok is scheduled to go to trial in October 2026, according to a recent scheduling order from the Cleburne County Circuit Court.

With upwards of a billion users worldwide, including some 150 to 170 million in the U.S., TikTok is among the most popular social media outlets on earth.

But TikTok is more than an app. It’s a major corporation owned by a China-based parent company, and it is valued at $300 billion.

However, TikTok has found itself embroiled in controversies over its failure to protect private user data from entities in China — including the Chinese Communist Party. In May 2025, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined TikTok $600 million for unlawfully transferring European user data to China.

The platform also has been accused of serving users a steady “diet of darkness” and violating laws intended to protect children online.

In 2023, the Arkansas Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit against Chinese-based company ByteDance — the corporation that owns TikTok — in Cleburne County Circuit Court.

Attorneys for TikTok worked relentlessly to have the lawsuit dismissed, but the Arkansas Supreme Court has given the A.G.’s office a green light to pursue the case.

Attorney General Griffin’s lawsuit alleges TikTok violated Arkansas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act by falsely claiming that graphic and mature content on its platform is appropriate for teens. The lawsuit also calls the TikTok app “a Chinese ‘Trojan Horse’ unleashed on unsuspecting American consumers.”

As we keep saying, social media platforms are more than just websites or phone apps. These are multibillion-dollar businesses. The people who own and profit from these companies have a responsibility to protect their users.

Family Council is not aware of any attorney general in America who is doing more to hold social media giants accountable and protect children online than Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin. We appreciate his willingness to continue this legal fight against TikTok in state court.

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Florida A.G. Sues Planned Parenthood for Lying to Women, Claiming Abortion Pill is “Safer Than Tylenol”

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Above: Planned Parenthood’s abortion facility in Pittsburg, Kansas, markets abortion to women from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas.

On November 6, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against abortion giant Planned Parenthood for lying to women by claiming abortion pills are, “safer than Tylenol.”

The lawsuit is similar to one officials in Missouri filed in July. The Florida A.G.’s legal complaint says:

The “safer than Tylenol” marketing campaign has been ongoing for years and targeted to women in Florida. Just a few weeks ago, Defendant Planned Parenthood Florida Action proclaimed on X.com that “Mifepristone is safe. Safer than Tylenol.” That claim is manifestly false.

Abortionists typically use two separate pills for a chemical abortion. Mifepristone is administered to kill the unborn baby. A second drug called misoprostol causes the baby to be expelled from the woman’s body. Both carry serious risks and consequences.

A study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center found the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol are at least 22 times more dangerous than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration labeling indicates.

Researchers noted that from 2017 to 2023, nearly one in nine women suffered serious health complications such as sepsis, infection, and hemorrhaging as a direct result of abortion drugs.

All of this has prompted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to launch a formal investigation into the abortion drugs and their safety.

The Florida Attorney General’s Office cited these findings and others in its lawsuit, writing:

These are inconvenient truths for Planned Parenthood, whose business model is built around high-margin chemical abortions. So rather than admit the danger of chemical abortion, Planned Parenthood lies. The abortion conglomerate not only assures its patients that abortion drugs are “extremely safe”—a dubious claim itself; it repeatedly declares that abortion drugs are “safer than Tylenol.”

In fact, abortion drugs are not safer than Tylenol. These claims have no basis in reality and have been repeatedly debunked. Nevertheless, Planned Parenthood continues to make them: on its website, in printed materials, on live television, and during interactions with patients.

Arkansas law generally prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother, and it is a crime to mail or deliver abortion pills into the state. Abortionists who break the law are subject to criminal penalties. They also may be sued for malpractice, and they may face professional discipline — like suspension of their medical licenses.

Unfortunately, pro-abortion lawmakers in some states have enacted “shield laws” to protect abortionists who ship these dangerous abortion pills across state lines.

Groups like Planned Parenthood are also spending millions of dollars to promote abortion to women from pro-life states like Arkansas. That’s a serious problem.

Fortunately, Attorney General Tim Griffin has threatened legal action against companies advertising abortion drugs in Arkansas. The attorney general says these groups may be penalized under the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act. He has also urged the federal government to restrict abortion drugs and let states like Arkansas enforce their pro-life laws.

Abortion drugs end the lives of unborn children, and they hurt women. They simply should not be for sale in America. We appreciate Florida Attorney General Uthmeier and Arkansas Attorney General Griffin for each standing up against abortionists.

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Read the Very First Presidential Veterans Day Proclamation

History,

Today marks Veterans Day, a day when we remember those who have served our nation and defended our freedoms.

In celebration of this day, we would like to share President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Veterans Day proclamation issued in 1954.

Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II. As general, he oversaw the Allied invasion of Normandy, the liberation of Europe, and the surrender of Germany. In November of 1952 he was elected President of the United States.

In June of 1954, Congress designated November 11 as Veterans Day in honor of the nation’s veterans, and President Eisenhower issued the very first Veterans Day proclamation later that year. Since then, every U.S. President has issued proclamations honoring America’s veterans on November 11.

You can read the very first presidential Veterans Day proclamation below.

PROCLAMATION 3071

VETERANS DAY, 1954

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it has long been our custom to commemorate November 11, the anniversary of the ending of World War I, by paying tribute to the heroes of that tragic struggle and by rededicating ourselves to the cause of peace; and

WHEREAS in the intervening years the United States has been involved in two other great military conflicts, which have added millions of veterans living and dead to the honor rolls of this Nation; and

WHEREAS the Congress passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1928 (44 Stat. 1962), calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies, and later provided in an act approved May 13, 1938 (52 Stat. 351), that the eleventh of November should be a legal holiday and should be known as Armistice Day; and

WHEREAS in order to expand the significance of that commemoration and in order that a grateful nation might pay appropriate homage to the veterans of all its wars who have contributed so much to the preservation of this Nation, the Congress, by an act approved June 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 168), changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day.  On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting and enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.  I also direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag of the United States on all public buildings on Veterans Day.

In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans’ organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.  Toward this end, I am designating the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day National Committee, which shall include such other persons as the Chairman may select, and which will coordinate at the national level necessary planning for the observance.  I am also requesting the heads of all departments and agencies of the Executive branch of the Government to assist the National Committee in every way possible.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this eighth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-ninth.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

By the President:

JOHN FOSTER DULLES,

Secretary of State.

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