Kids as young as 15 were stripping on TikTok’s live feature fueled by adults who were paying for it.

That’s what TikTok learned when it launched an internal investigation after a report on Forbes. Officials at TikTok discovered that there was “a high” number of underage streamers receiving a “gift” or “coin” in exchange for stripping — real money converted into a digital currency often in the form of a plush toy or a flower.

This is one of several disturbing accounts that came to light in a trove of secret documents reviewed last week by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. Even more troubling was that TikTok executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause teens, but appeared unconcerned.

  • DominusOfMegadeus
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    fedilink
    92 hours ago

    Would I be wrong to send this article to my two teenage nieces who are addicted to TikTok and are enabled by my sister, without telling my sister?

    • Flying SquidOP
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      62 hours ago

      Wrong according to whom? Not me. I would do the same.

      Your sister might not agree though.