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Trending: TikTok’s problem with online predators

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TikTok’s problem with online predators

05/04/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, TikTok’s problem with online predators

What is video-sharing app TikTok doing to stop adults from posting sexual comments?

A Trending investigation found hundreds of sexually explicit comments posted on videos uploaded by teenagers and children.

The video-sharing app TikTok has taken the teenage world by storm. But where there are kids, there are also predators. 
We found dozens of adults using TikTok to post sexual comments on videos uploaded by teenagers and children. TikTok, which has 500 million users worldwide, says it is working hard to protect its users from inappropriate approaches. But a BBC Trending investigation exposed some worrying shortcomings in the way it deals with the problem.  

Presenter: Mike Wendling
Reporter: Marco Silva

(Photo: TikTok logo. Credit: TikTok)

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