TikTok accused of helping to promote sex industry to girls

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How it spread - 2 original reports

1. Sat, 7 November 2026

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   • The Guardian World09:00first to report
     TikTok accused of helping to promote sex industry to girls

     Researchers say popular performers covertly market OnlyFans content and tell followers about wealthy lifestyle TikTok is helping to promote and normalise the sex industry, allowing “sexfluencers” to post videos aimed at marketing pornographic content they have uploaded elsewhere on sites such as OnlyFans, a report indicates. After studying non-explicit content posted on TikTok over the course of a year by some of OnlyFans’ most popular young female performers, researchers said the women buried...

2. Mon, 9 November 2026

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   • tportal (Croatia)12:10
     Prikazuju život iz snova, a prešućuju mračnu stranu: 'Djevojke treba zaštititi od predatorske industrije'

     Videozapisi o šminkanju, kupnji odjeće, kuhanju ili kućnim ljubimcima na prvi pogled nemaju nikakve veze s pornografijom. No novo istraživanje upozorava da takav sadržaj neke od najpopularnijih autorica na OnlyFansu koriste kako bi na TikToku prikriveno promovirale svoje profile s eksplicitnim sadržajem. Istraživači tvrde da takva praksa može utjecati i na maloljetne djevojke, kojima se prodaja seksualnog sadržaja predstavlja kao put do bogatstva i luksuznog života