Employees Warned TikTok About Child Exploitation, Court Documents Show
The company is facing hundreds of lawsuits over its record on safety.
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Court documents are shedding new light on reported child safety issues at TikTok. According to depositions detailed by NPR, multiple employees repeatedly flagged serious flaws in the company's handling of child safety, including child exploitation, but were "frustrated" with TikTok's response.
The records are drawn from ongoing lawsuits the company is facing related to its handling of child safety. TikTok is the target of hundreds of such lawsuits, though it has settled some cases, including those making claims the app was designed to be pe addictive.
According to statements made by company employees, TikTok executives were notified that teens were regularly appearing in live streams in the app, which raised concerns about potential grooming and exploitation. After Forbes published an articlein 2022 about teens stripping in TikTok Live videos in which viewers...
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