An investigation by the human rights group Global Witness claims that TikTok’s algorithm is recommending sexually explicit content to children, even after minor accounts are created with all the safety features activated.

TikTok’s minimum user age is 13. The BBC reports that the researchers set up four fake accounts pretending to be 13-year-olds and turned on “Restricted Mode,” the setting parents are relying on to filter out content with mature themes like anything sexually suggestive or content that’s just flat out pornography.

Instead, TikTok’s “You May Like” section started pumping out search suggestions that led straight to a menagerie of NSFW content: simulated masturbation; public flashing; and, of course, good old-fashioned, full-blown pornography.

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