RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A Virginia lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., filed by the Office of the Attorney General, is set to move forward despite dismissal efforts from the platform.

An opinion was issued by Richmond City Circuit Court on Friday, Oct. 24, in which they denied TikTok's demurrer and motion to dismiss the lawsuit, per a release from Attorney General Jason Miyares' office.

The court said Miyares' complaint featured sufficient allegations of several violations by TikTok of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act -- also stating that the claims are not prohibited by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the First Amendment or federal preemption.

This decision comes after the suit was filed on Jan. 17, alleging that TikTok was "intentionally d

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