Texas is suing Netflix for allegedly spying on consumers and building an addictive platform

Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses Netflix of secretly collecting and selling user data while designing its platform to keep viewers watching

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A lawsuit filed Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton targets Netflix $NFLX over what the state characterizes as years of unauthorized data collection, secret sales of user information to outside parties, and deliberate deception of consumers about those practices.

According to the complaint, filed in Collin County state court near Dallas, Netflix compiled detailed records on its users — spanning what........

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