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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 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 financially benefit from. The previously unreported depositions of TikTok staffers were filed in federal cour
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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 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 financially benefit from. The previously unreported depositions of TikTok staffers were filed in federal cour
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According to The Verge’s source item, 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 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 financially benefit from. The previously unreported depositions of TikTok staffers were filed in federal cour
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