Downing Street has welcomed a TikTok policy change that has reportedly led to a drop in the number of Albanian illegal immigrants arriving in small boats.
Since March, the video platform has proactively blocked posts from people smugglers using the site to advertise illegal crossings to the UK.
According to The Times of London, traffickers were behind thousands of ads for cash-for-crossing services to Britain targeting mostly young Albanians.
The newspaper reported that some of the posts—which included images of Big Ben and Tower Bridge—claimed the dangerous Channel crossings are easy, had “100 percent success” and even offered to allow those being trafficked to pay off thousands of pounds in fees when they reached the UK….