TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act
Summary
Newly released court documents reveal that internal staff repeatedly alerted TikTok leadership about serious risks to minor users. According to the reports, executives failed to properly address these warnings, which included concerns regarding age restrictions and inappropriate content involving children.
TikTok was repeatedly warned by its own staffers about risks its platform posed to child safety, according to court records obtained by NPR. The publication reports that employees were frustrated over TikTok executives failing to appropriately act on concerns they raised, including minors bypassing age-restricted content, and appearing in "transactional sexual content" the company could financially benefit from. The previously…
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