The TikTok phenomenon and its impact on violence against women

Abstract

The rise of social media, and the particular expansion of TikTok use among young people, is having an impact on the forms of violence experienced by women. The immediacy and easy access to all kinds of content has led to minors being immersed in a digital universe which they access without parental control and without being aware of the risks and dangers they face. This work aims to analyze how interaction with other users, the creation of public profiles and the exchange of information online can become the major risk factors for minors and young people belonging to the so-called “digital native generation”, who may suffer the effects of a new form of online criminality that even manages to go beyond the screen and generate offline delinquency.