Summary

Utah’s lawsuit against TikTok, supported by newly unsealed documents, alleges the platform knowingly allowed its LIVE feature to exploit minors for profit.

Internal investigations (Projects Meramec and Jupiter) revealed widespread grooming of children for sexual acts in exchange for virtual gifts and use of the platform for money laundering, drug sales, and terrorism funding.

TikTok denies the claims, citing safety measures.

The disclosures come ahead of a U.S. ban on TikTok unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, divests.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the ban’s suspension on Jan. 10.

  • finley@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    The number one money maker for any social media site in the mainstream is: exploitation of children for profit.

    The only way to stop them is to either jail, those responsible, or make the exploitation of children no longer profitable.

    The fact that neither of these avenues have been pursued in earnest confirms any suspicion that the power elites (and their supplicants) want this suffering to be present and widespread.

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    Assuming that TikTok knew Matt Gaetz had an account on their platform this should be a slam dunk case.