# Spain mulls TikTok suspension after investigation into child sex abuse videos

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/spain-mulls-tiktok-suspension-after-investigation-into-child-sex-abuse-videos/
- Published: 2026-11-10T13:33:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T21:55:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Al Jazeera (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/10/spanish-probe-finds-over-20000-suspected-paedophile-profiles-on-tiktok?traffic_source=rss
- Topics: Europe, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Spain seeks temporary suspension of TikTok.
- Investigation found more than 1,000 abuse videos with 48 million views.
- TikTok made no commitment to an audit or new verification measures.

## Summary

Spain has asked its data protection agency to temporarily suspend TikTok after an independent investigation reported widespread child sexual abuse material and suspected predators on the platform. Youth and Children Minister Sira Rego called suspension exceptional and urged TikTok to stop operating voluntarily; the company said it would study the findings but made no commitment to an audit or new verification measures.

Maldita.es monitored TikTok for 35 days in September and October, identifying more than 20,000 suspected predator profiles, including 7,000 in Spain; its report’s categories totalled about 26,000 accounts. It said it found 1,183 explicit items across 231 profiles and that TikTok had removed only a tenth of flagged content when the report was published. Spain’s agency can order temporary measures for up to three months, while TikTok also faces scrutiny under EU digital rules over its personalised feed.

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