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Spain weighs TikTok suspension after Maldita.es reports child abuse videos
Al Jazeera reports Spain's youth ministry demanded explanations from TikTok and raised a possible suspension after child abuse findings.
The short version
- Al Jazeera reports Spain is considering suspending TikTok after an investigation found more than 1,000 child sexual abuse videos.[Al Jazeera]
- Maldita.es says it flagged more than 20,000 profiles of suspected child sexual offenders, 7,000 of them in Spanish, over 35 days of monitoring.[Al Jazeera]
- Spain's Ministry of Youth and Children has demanded explanations from TikTok, asked prosecutors to act, and sought an urgent meeting with the platform.[Al Jazeera]
Key facts
- Spain is considering suspending TikTok after an investigation found more than 1,000 child sexual abuse videos with 48 million views.[Al Jazeera]
- Maldita.es said it detected more than 20,000 profiles of suspected paedophiles, 7,000 of them in Spanish, over 35 days of monitoring in September and October.[Al Jazeera]
- Spain's Ministry of Youth and Children demanded explanations from TikTok and raised the possibility of suspending the platform.[Al Jazeera]
- The ministry said it asked prosecutors to act over alleged child sexual abuse cases on TikTok.[Al Jazeera]
What remains uncertain
- The videos, profile counts and algorithm findings are Maldita.es's own allegations and are not confirmed by authorities in this reporting.[Al Jazeera]
- It is unknown whether Spain will suspend TikTok, as the government has only raised the possibility.[Al Jazeera]
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