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'Despicable' people smugglers targeting migrants on TikTok

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66% Informative

Home Office says gangs are "peddling lies on social media and placing [people] in horrendous conditions, working for next to nothing" The government is working with social media companies and authorities to remove online adverts promoting dangerous small boat crossings.

A Times investigation found smugglers were offering migrants "package deals" on TikTok to be smuggled to the UK .

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56

Informative language

47

Neutral language

59

Article tone

semi-formal

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English

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44

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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