TikTok hosted child sexual-abuse material seen 48 million times, report claims
( November 9, 2026, 11:14 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: TikTok hosted more than 1,000 videos and images containing explicit child sexual-abuse material that accumulated 48 million views, Spanish nonprofit Maldita.es claimed in an investigation published on Monday. The organization said TikTok’s recommender system helped users discover such material and identified shortcomings in its reporting process, including decisions finding no violation in videos the organization identified as containing child sexual abuse material.Please click here to view the report. Caution: the report contains descriptions of child sexual abuse....
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