Child Adoption Orphanage TikTok Page Steals Photo; Advertises Child That Is Not Up For Adoption

TikTok page advertising babies for adoption

Ok Hustlers,

Hide your kids. I received this post via email and I was so disturbed by it that I had to warn others.

First off, let me just say that I don’t have kids—partly because of the creepy stuff going on in the world today, but I digress. I mention that because I genuinely get why parents want to post about their kids online. It’s a totally natural thing to do. However, one mom is finding out the hard way that sharing isn’t always caring, and it’s certainly not always safe.

Imagine this — the mother of a beautiful baby girl just discovered that her child’s photos were stolen. Even worse? They were uploaded to a TikTok account claiming to be an orphanage!

What’s even creepier is that the mom and thousands of social media users have reported the page and post, but TikTok still won’t remove it.

Conspiracy theories are running wild, and some users are even saying this could be a child trafficking or kidnapping situation. Honestly, I’m so concerned. I just can’t understand why TikTok won’t remove the photos when it’s already been proven that they’re stolen.

What really scares me is the tracking aspect. Even without an IP address, it feels like someone could track this child’s location through the mom’s phone or photos, etc. Honestly, it makes me nervous because I don’t trust anyone anymore. To top it all off, you have a creepy fake orphanage advertising children who aren’t even up for adoption or in need of a home. The whole thing is just bizarre.

I’m not telling anyone what to do, especially with their kids. Them’s fighting words.

But I want to share this as a warning to parents: please be careful about what you post, because there is clearly some deeply disturbing behavior happening right now. Social media is a fun, engaging place to connect, but we often forget that the entire world is watching. According to the mother’s latest comments, she has now reported the incident to authorities.

I mean there must be something that can be done about this. I wonder how many of these baby advertisements are featuring stolen photos. And what danger are these children facing?

According the bio this place claims to be based in Missouri. I didn’t even bother to look it up because it feels like a scam and TikTok is just shady. The government has been trying to ban it for years due to accusations of data harvesting and spying by the Chinese government.

What would you do if you saw your child being advertised for adoption online?

Check out the mom’s post on Facebook. Stay vigilant my friends.

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Author: brandycavalli

Today's post was by Brandy "Bee" Cavalli. Brandy is an international marketer, freelance writer based in Atlanta, GA.