Ofenya’s TikTok account is still inaccessible. Twelve days after the French influencer, whose real name Ophélie Vincent, was expelled from the Chinese social network for having “infringed [ses] community rules” – TikTok refuses to specify which ones and does not communicate the duration of the sanction: its fans are as if disinherited. Unfortunately, some of the “bgnyas” (the name given to the mostly teenage members of her online community) take refuge in “fan accounts” to mourn their idol and defend her. “I collapsed.”one of them reacts, without despairing of one day seeing whoever is calling. “Ofe” Return to the platform with vertical videos.
The loss of her approximately 4.8 million subscribers on TikTok is not, however, the only problem the content creator is currently facing. Recently, the Interministerial Mission for Surveillance and Fight against Sectarian Abuses (Miviludes) took legal action in this regard, as revealed political on November 13. And this is based on article 40 of the code of criminal procedure, which allows any authority, public official or public servant who “acquires knowledge of a crime or misdemeanor” notify the prosecutor. Contacted, confirmed the Paris prosecutor’s office WorldHaving received this report, “which is the subject of an analysis” Right now.
Behind this procedure, of which we do not know the trigger and the possible criminal offense in question -Miviludes refuses to comment-, is the Miners, Ethics and Networks (MEER) collective. Made up primarily of education professionals, this citizen group closely examines Ofenya’s relationships with its young followers. He has been communicating with various actors, such as Miviludes, for almost a year about behaviors considered problematic by the influencer, and is proud to be at the origin of the report that led to TikTok’s decision.
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One of the members of this group, an employee of the territorial public administration, also claims to have filed legal actions, also under article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. With her story, this educator, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she has transmitted numerous elements that she describes as “evidence” materializing the dangerousness of the content creator towards her audience (excerpts from videos, screenshots of messages sent by some of her fans in psychological distress, etc.).
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