The impact of the TikTok platform on children sometimes borders on dangerous. Not only because of the strange challenges in which, without measuring the extent, they seriously expose their lives; but because of the way they understand the promotion of lifestyles typical of the drug trade without any limitations.
From Bolivia they have been complaining for months that the ‘narco tiktokers’ are ‘showing how they operate freely in the tropical areas of the country, while wasting what they have earned through drug trafficking’, Red Uno reported.
That media outlet pointed out that they also use social networks “as a means to recruit young people, ‘seduce’ them with ‘easy money’.”
In September 2023, councilor Rodrigo Valdivia, quoted in the aforementioned media, “requested a thorough investigation in the case of the ‘narco tiktokers’.” He also invited the authorities to focus on relevant issues.
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The reality is that many children and young people want to do what they see. And if there is an organization behind it that is on the prowl, attractive and convincing, the risk is greater: sooner or later the bubble will burst right in your face.
Three children were reported missing in Cochabamba. They left their homes without leaving a trace.
The minors, aged 11 and 12, were located wandering along a road in eastern Bolivia on their way to the Cochabamba tropics, Red Uno reported on November 21, 2023.
When explaining why they escaped from their homes, they said they were “motivated by ‘narco tiktokers’.”
He recalled the site that shows these people on social networks “the waste of what they have earned from drug trafficking.”
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Sorry for crime
In early February 2022, the same Bolivian media outlet Red Uno reported that police had arrested two so-called ‘tiktoker drug traffickers’.
They said the network featured “bundles of money, travel and the production of cocaine base paste.”
One of them “showed off stacks of dollars, his rings, watches and trips to places like Mexico, Brazil and Germany on his Tik Tok account.”
The subjects would be brought to trial for their association with the production and trafficking of controlled substances, public incitement to commit a crime and apologizing for crime.
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One of the ‘narco tiktokers’ shared his flashy life on his Tik Tok account. pic.twitter.com/PuCRLPX42M— Opinion Bolivia (@Opinion_Bolivia) February 8, 2022
“Let’s take care of what children see”
In networks concerned about this news, users are asking to stop normalizing this type of action.
“What children watch, they should be more responsible and not let them watch those applications,” Viki Colque suggested.
User Eris said: “Then they say that narconovelas do not affect the psyche of children.”
And Karla Montes emphasized: “What a shame to see this kind of news, a disappointment. Let’s take care of the content that the little ones see, which are easy to manipulate at that age.”
(JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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