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An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video showing young girls in revealing clothing and positions has garnered millions of likes and shares on TikTok despite the content being banned, according to the report.
Spanish fact-checking organization Maldita Found The platform has more than 20 accounts and has published more than 5,200 videos featuring young girls in bikinis, school uniforms, and tight clothing. Collectively, these accounts already have a combined total of more than 550,000 followers and approximately 6 million likes.
According to the analysis, the comments contain links to external platforms such as Telegram communities that sell child pornography. Maldita said he had reported the 12 Telegram groups found in the investigation to Spanish police.
These accounts also make money by selling AI-generated videos and images through TikTok's subscription service, which pays creators a monthly fee for access to their content. According to , the platform earns about 50 percent of its profits through this model. agreement Together with the creators.
The report comes as countries around the world, including Australia, Denmark and the European Union, have implemented social media restrictions for users under 16 or are discussing such restrictions as a way to keep young people safe online.
TikTok requires content creators to label their videos if AI was used to create them. The community said content could also be removed from social media platforms if it is deemed “harmful to individuals”. guidelines.
However, Maldita's report found that most of the videos analyzed did not contain watermarks or other identifying information to indicate that AI was used.
Some videos contained “TikTok AI” alive” watermark is automatically used within the platform to take still images and convert them into videos.
In a statement to Euronews Next, Telegram and TikTok said they are “fully committed” to preventing child sexual abuse content on their platforms.
Telegram scans all media uploaded to its public platform and compares it to child sexual abuse material that has already been removed from the platform to prevent its spread.
“The fact that criminals have to use private groups and the algorithms of another platform to grow is evidence that Telegram's own moderation is effective,” the statement said.
Telegram announced in 2025 that it had removed more than 909,000 groups and channels that had published child sexual abuse material.
Regarding TikTok, it said that 99% of content that is harmful to minors is automatically removed, and 97% of AI-generated objectionable content is also actively removed.
The platform said it would take immediate action to throttle or close accounts that share sexually explicit content about children and notify the US National Center for Missing and Exposed Children (NCMEC).
He also said it on TikTok CNN The company announced that it deleted more than 189 million videos and banned more than 108 million accounts from April to June 2025.
This story has been updated with comments from Telegram and TikTok.
