Over 20,200 comments, 1,600 accounts and 380 videos analysed: this is an investigation by Maldita.es into how TikTok has become an open buffet for pedophiles looking to ‘prey’ on minors.
This is what we have found
Over 1,300 pedophiles in the comments on videos of young girls on TikTok
- In just 50 videos, we have found 1,383 potential pedophiles asking to exchange, give away, or sell child pornography.
- They have their own code to identify each other. This is the pedophile dictionary on TikTok.
The modus operandi: moving the conversation to encrypted platforms
- Telegram is the preferred site, but Zangi —a platform with a military encryption system and anonymous registration used by criminal networks— is gaining ground.
