TikTok profiting from child livestreams
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TikTok profiting from sexual livestreams involving children, BBC told
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BBC told TikTok profiting from sexual livestreams involving children, BBC told.
TikTok bans solicitation but the company knows it takes place, moderators have told the BBC .
Three women in Kenya say they began this activity as teenagers.
They used TikTok to openly advertise and negotiate payment for more explicit content.
Users with a big following can act as digital pimps - hosting the livestreams selling sexual content.
In return for being hosted, the women give pimps a cut of their earnings.
Some of them have back-up accounts indicating they have been banned or suspended by TikTok in the past.
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