On Tuesday night, the gossip blogger Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavandeira Jr., was hospitalized after showing up on a TikTok livestream naked, covered in a red fluid that looked like blood, and wielding what appeared to be a knife. But it also raised questions about how TikTok could have allowed the stream to continue for so long without intervention. Favazza also shared that TikTok contacted law enforcement shortly after the livestream was flagged. The platform did not respond to follow-up questions regarding the nature of this moderator error or exactly how long the error delayed the removal of the livestream. The company entered into a new ownership structure in January, with a newly formed joint venture assuming responsibility for content moderation and data security in the US.