Natalia, a 21-year-old from Orange County, California, who asked for her surname not to be used, put together a thread of TikTok abuse after someone pretended to hang themselves to one of her videos via the app’s Duet feature.

The feature allows users to do a side-by-side response to another user’s video. BuzzFeed News has reached out to the user simulating the hanging in Natalia’s video for comment.

“I’ve been on the app since about May earlier this year, back when it was just Musical.ly,” Natalia said. “I got it because I really liked the way you could edit as you record videos; like, I was really inspired by the cool transitions.”

However, she said that about a month ago, the supportive platform became increasingly full of harassment and threats via the app’s Duet feature, messages, and comments.

“Being gay and a furry, I’m used to this type of stuff and just let it roll off my shoulder, delete the comment, block the users,” she said.

“I try not to let the videos affect me personally, but when I have literally hundreds of videos of children pretending to drink bleach, hang themselves, shoot themselves, and telling me to commit suicide, it starts to get very disturbing.”

In a statement to BuzzFeed News, a spokesperson for TikTok said promoting a safe environment in-app is their top priority,

“Promoting a safe and positive app environment is our top priority, and we have a number of measures in place to protect against misuse. These include privacy settings that allow users to control who can create duets with them or comment on their videos; users can also choose to make their account private so they can restrict their content to approved followers only. We also offer in-app reporting, and our moderation team may remove inappropriate content and terminate accounts that violate our Terms of Service. Please see our Safety Centre for more info.”