TikTok profiting from sexual livestreams involving children in Kenya
15, the BBC has been told.
BBC spoke to three women in Kenya who said they began this activity as
teenagers. They told us they used TikTok to openly advertise and negotiate
payment for more explicit content that would be sent via other messaging
platforms.
TikTok bans solicitation but the company knows it takes place, moderators
have told the BBC. TikTok takes a cut of about 70% from all livestream
transactions, we have previously found
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TikTok told the BBC it has “zero tolerance for exploitation”.
Livestreams from Kenya are popular on TikTok – each night over the course
of a week, we found up to a dozen in which women performers danced
suggestively, watched by hundreds of people around the world.
Read more here
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedl8eyy4pjo.amp
In a response to the @BBCAfrica Report on Sexual Livestreams on TikTok.
Communications Authorty of Kenya asks TikTok to take down offensive content
and offer an explanation how their community standards were breached
x.com/ca_kenya/status/1897633264002551872?s=46
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