To report vulnerable TikTokker for safeguarding reasons

[MonkeyNuuts82]

Have NC just for this post. My DD was looking at TikTok on my phone this week and we came across a woman who seems to post lots of videos of her eating junk food. She seems very very vulnerable, dirty clothes, hair, eats very messily and picks nose etc but oblivious to it. As a SEN parent I can see very definite visible signs of learning disability, and some of her videos about past activity show that she is easily scammed: We can see she gives money via gifts to other TikTokkers that she calls her friends. It’s not rage bait. I don’t think this person is capable of that. But I am worried about them.

Her family are worried too.

Are you concerned they are not supporting her?

Why would you start a thread in AIBU rather than just report? Or just start a low key thread in chat?

Im not ont ticktok myself but have plenty of clients with a large SM profile and this sort of thing is fairly common.

Unless someone is under DOLs, theres nothing really anyone can do, people have the right to use SM as they see fit, eat what they like, live how they like. Support is around advice and guidance, no one is going to be stopped from what they are doing.

It does seem like people who are “trained to report” quite often like the drama of actually getting the opportunity to do so

I haven’t ever reported somebody outside of the workplace. I don’t live for this. My whole life in the last ten years has been about protecting my space and peace. I just feel strongly that this person could do with someone having an eye on their account.

People who aren’t “trained to report” don’t tend to think it’s a big deal to pop an email over and let SS deal with it, maybe it’s because we didn’t do a day online training course 🤣 (jokes I am sure you had an extremely important job)

@MonkeyNuuts82 why are you carrying on with this when you know she now has a support worker. I agree with @Itsmetheflamingo

You dont know they arent you are hyperfocusing because it appears you have issues this is about you not her, so it would be healthier to work on whatever you have going on

What good is a ‘support worker’ when she’s ordering takeaway for 4 to eat on a midnight live whilst crying about not having a boyfriend!?

she’s blocked her family from seeing her tok toks so she will gladly block a support worker who she was reluctant to even have

A support woker shouldnt be sat watching or viewing a clients SM constantly to supervise or monitor, thats surveillance of sorts.

What is it you think support workers do?

Clients have to consent for a start to support and that can change day to day.

If you find it uncomfortable or inappropriate, dont be the audience.

Support workers aren’t there to micro manage their clients day to day lives

I found this person by accident because DD was watching one of her videos a couple of days ago, I think Weds eve. I watched quite a few of her videos and saw red flags everywhere. How could I be obsessed in so short a time, really? Even if I did report to SS, and I haven’t yet as this thread has given me food for thought, that wouldn’t be the response of an obsessive troll type person. I hadn’t realised, naively, that TikTok had 0% duty of care to its users.

i think I’ll ask MN to pull this thread now, not because youre abusing me, I can handle that, but I worry for this persons safety, which may be compromised on this thread.

I agree with this, have some experience of this type of support IRL.

Honestly OP, this thread isn’t that important. It’s not doing anything to this person. That’s what makes you sound… over invested

I have absolutely no idea why you think her safety is going to be compromised by this thread
She does videos constantly, social services are very much aware of her and she has been doing these videos for quite a while now.
You sound really dramatic!

Unbelievably for all the people who are faux concerned about her, everyone here knows who she is and has seen her video.

If you're actually worried about vulnerable people on tiktok then the beat thing you can do is stop watching their 'content'. It's creating a culture of being vulnerable for views, which you're perpetuating.

I think this post tellsbyou everything you need yo know about TikTok and theircomplete lack of decency and integrity.They will.make money out of anything or anybody.

Everything is ip for grabs. Nothing is beyond the pale.