# TikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-10-20T13:11:23+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1014250/tiktok-employees-internal-child-safety-warnings
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/tiktok-employees-said-they-knew-about-child-safety-issues-but-execs-fa-6b5c23/

TikTok was repeatedly warned by its own staffers about risks its platform posed to child safety, according to court records obtained by NPR. The publication reports that employees were frustrated over TikTok executives failing to appropriately act on concerns they raised, including minors bypassing age-restricted content, and appearing in "transactional sexual content" the company could […]

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