Kentucky last week filed a lawsuit accusing Temu of sharing sensitive data from its online shoppers with the Chinese government, joining a handful of U.S. states that are going toe-to-toe with an alleged China-linked cybersecurity threat.
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More than a dozen states have filed lawsuits against TikTok, largely under consumer-protection laws, arguing that the platform exploits and harms young people. By specifically targeting the alleged nefarious use of data by a nation-state actor, states’ case against Temu steps further into the global cybersecurity arena.
“The states have enforced cybersecurity for some time since you can’t have privacy without security, so this shift is not surprising,” said Sharon Klein, co-chair of law firm Blank Rome’s privacy, security and data protection group. What’s new, Klein said, is likely an increasing focus on efforts to enforce state privacy and protection laws against global cyber adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba.
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"Temu Lawsuits Pit States Against a Digital Superpower," by Angus Loten was published in the Wall Street Journal on July 23, 2025.
