00:00 Ten-year-old Mohamed loves TikTok.
00:05 He spends hours every day scrolling through videos on the Chinese social media app, watching
00:10 all kinds of content.
00:13 I do my best to keep an eye on him, but it's not easy.
00:18 As an adult, I often see videos that shock me on TikTok.
00:21 But imagine for the children.
00:23 It worries me a lot.
00:25 Senegalese tech firms worried about potentially harmful content on TikTok have launched a
00:31 legal challenge.
00:33 Mustafa is leading the charge, delivering an official complaint to the Senegalese National
00:38 Commission on Data Protection.
00:43 We accuse them of not respecting parental authorization procedures required to open
00:49 an account.
00:51 And we also accuse them of hosting violent content, content that doesn't respect our
00:57 cultures and traditions.
01:00 Senegalese authorities say they are currently gathering evidence about the harmful effects
01:04 of TikTok on young people in Senegal.
01:07 The Commission for Data Protection says it is taking the accusation seriously.
01:14 This legal challenge comes at a time where we had already begun questioning TikTok to
01:17 get some answers.
01:19 It comes at a good moment, which is why we are going to investigate very thoroughly.
01:27 Some 450,000 people are estimated to use TikTok in Senegal, about 3% of the population.
01:35 This figure continues to rise.
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