TikTok Under US Government Investigation Over Child Sexual Abuse Material (arstechnica.com) 18
TikTok is under investigation by US government agencies over its handling of child sexual abuse material, as the burgeoning short-form video app struggles to moderate a flood of new content. From a report: Dealing with sexual predators has been an enduring challenge for social media platforms, but TikTok's young user base has made it vulnerable to being a target. The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating how TikTok handles child sexual abuse material, according to two sources familiar with the case. The Department of Justice is also reviewing how a specific privacy feature on TikTok is being exploited by predators, said one person with knowledge of the case. The DOJ has a longstanding policy of not confirming or denying the existence of ongoing investigations. "It is a perfect place for predators to meet, groom and engage children," said Erin Burke, unit chief of the child exploitation investigations unit at Homeland Security's cyber crime division, calling it the "platform of choice" for the behaviour.
Think of the children! (Score:1)
How convenient
Lemme guess (Score:1)
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No that would be the state of Tennessee in an attempt to stop the gays from getting married. They conveniently forgot to include a minimum age in the (now dead) bill. https://eu.tennessean.com/stor... [tennessean.com]
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I an assure you, it was not "forgotten" to be included.
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Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who mu
Re: Groomers in action (Score:1)
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Wow. We're gonna need a bigger tent.
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That Twitter account is truly horrifying.
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Curious, why was this marked as "troll", when it's actually quite informative.
That twitter account simply appears to post some of the horrifying stuff on tiktok.
The law won't save you (Score:2)
Remember when the government said removing marketing for pornography and marketing for prostitution would save children. There will always be some way to abuse the curiosity of tweens and the hormones of teenagers.