TikTok restores account of young disabled Kansas man

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – TikTok has restored an account featuring a young Wichita man with a debilitating skin condition after celebrities blasted the video-sharing site for banning it.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco and media personality Perez Hilton were among those who came to the defense of Marky Burrola-Jaquez on Friday.

Screenshots collected by his mother, Melissa Jaquez, who manages the account show that TikTok was labeling pictures of her son as “violent and graphic content.”

TikKok contends the account was removed because someone had flagged it as a possible violation of a rule that prohibits children under 13 from having an account not because of his appearance.

Marky is 20, although his disability makes him look younger.