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May 2021
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DISINFORMED: This TikTok creator says yo...

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TikTok is a hotbed of viral misinformation about trafficking. Jessica AKA BloodBathAndBeyond is trying to change that.


You’re Wrong About’s Micheal Hobbes’ episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disinformed-were-wrong-about-trafficking-w-michael-hobbes/id1520715907?i=1000518893578


Follow Jessica on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeV4t1Hb/


For more information about trafficking, check out the Polaris Project: https://polarisproject.org/

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