TikTok accused of profiting from child sexual exploitation videos

Current and former TikTok employees allege the company failed to act on internal reports of sexual content involving minors that viewers could pay to access, with the platform profiting. Documents also show TikTok avoided age surveys over fears of handing results to the FTC.

• Staff flagged paid access to sexual content involving minors
• TikTok skipped age surveys fearing FTC disclosure of results
• Teens used loopholes to bypass age limits and parental controls
• TikTok called the claims cherry-picked and misleading