TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’

Researchers set up TikTok accounts with birth dates of a 13-year-old, with ‘restricted mode’ also activated. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

TikTok has directed children’s accounts to pornographic content within a small number of clicks, according to a report by a campaign group.

Global Witness set up fake accounts using a 13-year-old’s birth date and turned on the video app’s “restricted mode”, which limits exposure to “sexually suggestive” content.