TikTok Safety Staffer Warned CEO of Minors Stripping on Live for Cash Gifts

Reagen Maher, in senior TikTok safety roles from 2021 to 2024, warned then-CEO V Pappas that minors were stripping on TikTok Live for gifts convertible to cash, per sworn depositions reported by NPR on Oct. 20, 2026. The filings allege staff flagged transactional sexual content involving minors and executive inaction.