TikTok Warned of Minors Stripping 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 redeemable as cash, per sworn testimony reported by NPR Oct. 20, 2026. The filings allege staff flagged the sexual content involving minors and executives did not act.