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Forget the national security concerns (though they could well be valid, would not be surprised if so) ... what about the potential for child exploitation? The s
by Thorentis 7y ago
Forget the national security concerns (though they could well be valid, would not be surprised if so) ... what about the potential for child exploitation? The softporn/borderline actual porn that children are allowed to post of themselves to be viewed by anybody? It amazes me that very little has been said about this in the mainstream press. Just do a YouTube search for "hottest tiktok videos" and convince yourself that child predators aren't using this platform. Some YouTuber did a big "expose" of this a while back and had his video deleted (and then reinstated?), typical YouTube drama etc. but it was quite eye opening. I would never allow my children anywhere near such a platform.
- viraptor 7y agoIs there a reason this gives different impression than "hottest vine videos"? Was vine curated differently?
- Thorentis 7y agoI think a huge part of it is that music videos in general are highly sexualised. Vine isn't about just music videos, you can post whatever. TikTok is specifically for music videos, so kids will see popular music videos where celebs are scantily dressed or whatever, and then emulate it. And then other kids come along and see what their friends are posting and want to do it too, and the cycle just continues. Add to that the fact it isn't US based (and so probably isn't moderated as heavily) and you get what we have now. edit: confused by the down votes. Not sure what is being disagreed with? Miley cyrus wearing so little you can see her bum cheeks is what I'd consider sexualised. Maybe you don't? Do you think it's okay for 12 year olds to be posting that on TikTok? Am I just a prude?
- mistermann 7y agoI saw nothing remarkable at all for your search term.
- Thorentis 7y agoWell, it isn't something I search regularly so perhaps not accurate. Or perhaps YouTube has started removing some videos? I remember seeing a lot of fuss made about this in the YouTube community about a year ago. At work now and not really keen to add that search to my history, but might see if anything has changed later.
- viraptor 7y agoI'm confused by people today in general. On one hand side, yes... tiktok videos seem to be full of highly sexualised teens, which they may regret later. On the other, is it that much worse than what you find by searching for "kids ballet" on YouTube (approved and posted by their parents and teachers)? Tiktok seems like an enabler, but it doesn't look like the reason videos like that exist. I wish this wasn't really want the prude part, but about: should those videos be globally available forever without teens understanding the issue with that.
- reaperducer 7y agoThere's also the problem of TikTok's home-grown toxic culture. There was an article last year in one of the Hong Kong publications (HKFP, maybe) about how children will post TikTok videos of themselves doing things like jumping in front of buses, and threatening to kill themselves if they don't get x number of likes.
- FakeComments 7y agoChildren posting nudes online has been a problem for two decades. I’m not trying to minimize it, but we also don’t need to upend the world to fix it.