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TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act (www.npr.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/DeTikTok@lemmy.world
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"...An adult paid. A child was exploited. The platform took a cut."

Somebody close to me also had something like that happen before... these companies are profiting from "transactional sexual content" 🤮

Their child-addiction co-defendants Meta, Google and Snap are also a risk to children!

Who is easier to manipulate than a kid? An addicted kid.

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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

Who is easier to manipulate than a kid? An addicted kid.

I would throw YouTube in that as well. You ever try to take a tablet away from a 7-9yo who's watching YT shorts? They'll damn near rip your arm off.

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    [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    It was working the way they wanted it to.

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    [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    That's the reason why the companies should not be fined but the executives that make (or do not make) the decisions need to be punished with jail time.

    And before someone say it: no, a company is not some strange entity that operate just because it exist: every decision in a company is made by a person or a group of people.

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    [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    I won't mind if Lizard People theory takes hold. The people who run these companies shouldn't be considered human.

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