{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea/6ac6f0808f340788898b11ba?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The farlands of TikTok 'where predators meet'","description":"<p>***Trigger warning: difficult discussions about sexual predators and child abuse take place in this episode.***</p><p><br></p><p>The TikTok farlands are what media studies professor Jessica Maddox calls “the end of the internet where things get weird. You’ve left the mainstream and taken a wrong turn.” This wrong turn is regularly just a weird, glitchy nightmare of surreal AI but there is a darker piece to this puzzle. </p><p><br></p><p>Presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker talk to investigative journalist Katherine Denkinson about a Prospect investigation about the darker corners of TikTok. </p><p><br></p><p>Also in the episode, what price with ASOS&#39;s hack have on the brand? And why on either are digital price panels having a moment? </p><p><br></p><p>Read Kat&#39;s piece here: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/internet/telecoms/social-media/75143/they-trade-child-sex-abuse-material.-they-find-each-other-on-tiktok </p><p><br></p><p>Go to Kat&#39;s homepage: https://kdenkwrites.com/ </p>","author_name":"Alex Hudson"}