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TikTok accused of helping to promote sex industry to girls

Researchers say popular performers covertly market OnlyFans content and tell followers about wealthy lifestyle TikTok is helping to promote and normalise the sex industry, allowing “sexfluencers” to post videos aimed at marketing pornographic content they have uploaded elsewhere on sites such as OnlyFans, a report indicates.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 7, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

After studying non-explicit content posted on TikTok over the course of a year by some of…

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