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Ohio Mother Says Stalker Is Targeting Her Children on TikTok with Violent Threats
Mackenzie Byrne faces persistent violent threats against her children on TikTok, with thousands of similar harassment cases reported nationwide, prompting cybersecurity intervention.
- Mackenzie Byrne, an Ohio mother in Findlay, says a TikTok message on Oct. 23 threatened her children with `I will harvest their organs and it will taste like milk and cookies`.
- Over the next week more posts used photos of her children pulled from her Facebook and Instagram, some marked with red Xs over their faces.
- Local police filed a report but said there was little they could do, while an IP trace shows the stalker’s origin appears in Oregon, though VPNs can make confirmation difficult.
- Fearing for her safety, Mackenzie Byrne says she is taking extra precautions as Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 4 approach and urges other parents to rethink posting children's photos.
- Across the country, families across the country have reported similar harassment, and Mackenzie Byrne called it `full-blown cyberstalking`, saying TikTok only removes accounts while new ones appear immediately.
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