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I missed that.

However Im looking at the primary image there https://gw.hacdn.io/media/images/Tiktok_investigation_screen...

In the first picture, there's the nude->rude replacement games, bikini (which is not nudity), models (which is not nudity). Unshaven girl could mean legs, armpits, and/or public area.

The second picture also has no nude people in it. The closest "skin" picture is another bikini, which again, is not nudity.

The 3rd picture is too blocked out, but likely more bikini pictures. Again, yes, you can see the labia bunching up (cameltoe). But this again is completely legal and normally seen in water parks and beaches.

I also note they said "We have deliberately not included examples of the hardcore pornography that was shown to us.". So yes, I do doubt they exist for any length of time here.

And the text search autocomplete is also hard, because many words are banned. So nude becomes rude. ICE protest and similar becomes party. Drones are "dior bags". And banning the stringing replacement words together is basically whack-a-mole.

But no, this whole operation smells like "let us do anything in the name of ThE ChiLDrEn", including that scourge Chat Control.

And to be fair, I'd rather adolescents look at titties. Sexuality is completely natural. And the fact this article is targeting 13 year olds, remember - they're already going or gone through puberty. Sexuality, and wanting to see what the other sex looks like is completely natural. This weird quazi-religious shaming is just terrible for everyone.





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