TikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act
2 sources·Updated October 20, 2026

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- The Verge·3h agoTikTok employees said they knew about child safety issues, but execs failed to act
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,…
Read at The Verge → - NPR News Now·7h agoTikTok staff raised child safety alarms. Court records show executives failed to act
The warnings surfaced in a trove of unreported court records. "I have been fighting about fixing this for months with people who didn't think the harms are severe enough," wrote one executive.
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