TikTok 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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4896x3264+0+0/resize/4896x3264!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F22%2F26%2Fe544d725449598514b51dd7221db%2Fgettyimages-2298297976.jpg' alt='Employees raised the alarm about minors appearing in sexual content on the app, which viewers could pay to access and the company would profit from — a potential financial crime. They also flagged that users under 18 were using loopholes to bypass age-restricted content and to block parents and guardians from reviewing their activity on the app.'/><p>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.</p><p>(Image credit: Imen Ben Youssef)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6005809' />