TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act

TikTok staff raised child safety concerns, but executives reportedly failed to act

Court documents show TikTok employees were frustrated with how executives responded to their concerns about risks to children.

TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act

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 […]

TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act

The warnings surfaced in a trove of unreported court records. "I have been fighting about fixing this for months with people who didn't think the harms are severe enough," wrote one executive.

TikTok staff raised child safety alarms and were ignored : NPR | #childsafety | #kids | #chldern | #parents | #schoolsafey - National Cyber Security Consulting

Employees raised the alarm about minors appearing in sexual content on the app, which viewers could pay to access and the company would profit from — a potential financial crime. They also flagged that users under 18 were using loopholes to bypass age-restricted content and to block parents and guardians from reviewing their activity on […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!