The boy’s mother, Gladys Bautista, told

“But what if it’s not the family?” Graham asked. “We’re all maybe accountable. School. Society. Parents. Community.”Soma Sara, who founded a charity focused on highlighting child-on-child sexual violence and what she calls “rape culture” in schools, said recent evidence shows that the problem is “aging down” to children younger than 10 — and it may be too late to tackle misogynistic attitudes by the time children turn 13.

Her charity, Everyone’s Invited, has collected thousands of anonymous testimonies from women and girls describing groping, assault, sexist name-calling, inappropriate touching and other abusive behavior they experienced on school grounds. Of those submissions, about 1,600 took place in elementary schools, she said.“The testimonies show how early this starts, and how it’s children abusing children — that’s just the devastating reality,” Sara said.Sara said that banning social media among children, like

for those under 16, isn’t pragmatic. Instead, her group is leading education programs in schools to help children understand how to critically evaluate the pornography or misogynistic narratives they are exposed to.“We feel the generational gap has never been wider. Parents need to be digitally literate themselves, and understand all these apps — Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok — because that’s what your children are spending hours scrolling,” she said.

The success of “Adolescence” has come during growing concern over children’s use of smartphones and the easy availability of pornography and extreme misogynistic content on social media pushed by controversial influencers like

and his brother, Tristan. The dual U.S. and British citizens face charges of human trafficking and forming an organized criminal group to sexually exploit women.The near-deal was constructed over the course of months, with Vice President JD Vance’s team negotiating directly with several potential investors and officials from ByteDance. The plan called for a 120-day closing period to finalize the paperwork and financing. The deal also had the approval of existing investors, new investors, ByteDance and the administration.

The Trump administration had confidence that China would approve the proposed deal until the tariffs went into effect. Trump indicated Friday that he can still get a deal done during the 75-day extension.“My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress,” Trump posted on his social media platform. “The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days.”

Trump added, “We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal.”A spokesperson for ByteDance confirmed in a statement that the company has been discussing a “potential solution” with the U.S. government but noted that an “agreement has not been executed.”