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TikTok's US arm joins Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative

TikTok says the investment will help NCMEC cut manual processing times in half and speed reports to law enforcement.

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Eight months after establishing a U.S. based joint venture, TikTok is getting on board fellow platforms to support industry-wide child safety work.

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TikTok USDS Joint Venture will join Lantern, an initiative that allows technology companies to share signals of possible harmful behaviors between platforms. The company will also contribute $2 million to the modernization of the NCMEC CyberTipline, in a three-year project that seeks to accelerate detection and risk reporting for minors.

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TechCrunch broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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