A mum has issued a desperate warning after finding a disturbing '3, 2, 1 bang challenge' on TikTok.
She warned other parents about a well-known toddler's account where she found questionable followers.
Jess used the username, ‘Hashtag Facts,’ after finding out about a famous three-year-old’s TikTok postings.
The Irish Mirror reports that three-year-old Wren Eleanor's account has more than 17million followers and posts videos daily which are downloaded to random accounts.
She looked into the videos where she had shared of her own 12-year-old daughter and checked out her youngster's personal Instagram account too.
After seeing a common trend, she needed to speak up and warn other families about what is happening.
Jess said: "Controversy has been rife around the popular creator Wren Eleanor because, at first glance, the content shared by Wren’s mother is just cute videos of the toddler playing dress-up
"However, many parents are now expressing concerns that some of her followers might have other more criminal motives.
In the video, the mum explained: “What mums are noticing is how many times these videos of Wren are being saved.”
For instance, one video of the toddler in a crop top has been saved over 45,000 times, while another of her eating a hotdog at a fair has been saved 345,000 times.
“People started noticing really disgusting comments,” she said.
“I’m not going to share the disgusting ones, but I did notice that someone posted this: ‘she is so mature for her age.'”
When Jess saw the comment, it reminded her of one she received on a clip of her 12-year-old daughter which she shared.
“My daughter doesn’t have an account on TikTok…but my daughter was doing the ‘3,2,1 bang challenge’ and I posted it and I got this comment: ‘your daughter is kinda cute,'” she said.
“I thought that comment was innocent when it was posted. Then I realised the video of my daughter had been saved way too many times, so I removed it.”
She investigated her young daughter’s private Instagram account and was shocked after seeing anonymous accounts - one called “Fun Testicles” - following her with full access to her content.
Jess’s warning has since went viral and has now been viewed more than five million times, with many mums saying they’ve removed their children from social media altogether as a result.
One mum wrote in the comment section: “Wow scary, this is why my kids are not on here anymore.
“Thank you for posting. This is why I don’t post my kids anymore. Sure 98 per cent of viewers are innocent and think it’s cute. But that two per cent isn’t worth it.”
Another added: “Thanks for sharing. My 13-year-old keeps asking for a TikTok and my gut always says no. And this just confirms it.”
TikTok says its commitment is to minors' safety and it is understood to provide parents with resources to allow conversations about digital safety to be had in a family environment.
It has a set of community guidelines and users are advised about minimum age requirements and if under age accounts they are removed.
