Perez Hilton‘s self-harming TikTok livestream horrified viewers, prompting some to contact police and report the content.
Despite the content going against the platform’s community guidelines, the stream was not immediately removed and persisted for about 15 to 20 minutes.
A U.S. spokesperson for the digital platform told Deadline that a “moderator error” caused a delay in shutting down the livestream after the automated moderation systems flagged it for removal within minutes of the stream starting.
The blogger, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., appeared on a TikTok livestream naked and covered in a red fluid, which looked like blood.
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