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Children Are Being 'Brainwashed' by Tiktok Videos On 'Cool' Trans Surgery Viewed 26 Billion TimesBy SAM MERRIMANThe Daily Mail Dec. 28, 2021 |
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  Campaigners have accused TikTok of helping children to be ‘brainwashed’ by hosting viral social-media videos that promote changing sex as ‘cool’.Material posted by transgender influencers on the social networking service – in which they provide advice on transitioning and accessing hormone therapies – has been seen by millions of young viewers. Some parents are concerned the involvement of TikTok, which became the UK’s most downloaded app last year, is fuelling a ‘social contagion’ of pressure on impressionable youngsters and the rise in teenagers who are identifying as trans. More than a quarter of British TikTok users are aged between 15 and 25, and children aged between four and 15 who sign up spend an average of 69 minutes on the app each day, according to TikTok’s own data. Analysis by The Mail on Sunday shows that videos with the hashtag #Trans have been seen more than 26 billion times. Read More 
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