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I can buy that TikTok created an opportunity for this kind of market by being incredibly popular with young people and having the ability to exchange payment. But, I also wonder if people are using meta or x platforms to do the exact same thing?
It's interesting to me when TikTok gets singled out for this sort of story. Especially after Mitt Romney revealed that the US sees TikTok as a danger not because of China spying and propaganda, but because of the pro Palestine content.
Very strong "It must be banned now, won't someone think of the children??!" vibes.
Absolutely. And they're using Youtube, Fediverse platforms, old-fashioned forums, and anything else that you can have user-generated content posted on it.
TikTok is being singled out because the real story of 'every platform has CSAM and CSAM for sale' is not very palatable for the oligarchs that own the platforms, and it's much simpler to point to a foreign-owned platform as "the problem" and not the ones they run/invest in.