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Punjab MPA Hina Parvez Butt derided creators on TikTok Live and family vloggers in a heated post on X on Sunday. She said online celebrities were “corrupting” Pakistan’s children.

The lawmaker was responding to a post where a TikTok creator was talking about receiving a payout from the platform which allowed her to buy a car and several thousand rupees in clothes and accessories.

“The more shamelessness you spread on TikTok Live, the more you earn. May God shelter us, these people spread so much filth on TikTok Live,” Butt — who is also the chairperson of the Punjab Women Protection Authority — said in her message.

“Unfortunately, these people are the heroes of our youth. Nowadays, everyone wants to get rich overnight, everyone wants a shortcut,” the MPA wrote.

“As many benefits as social media may have, there are just as many downsides. The most poisonous [of all these creators] are the family vloggers and those on TikTok Live who are corrupting our children.”

This isn’t the first time Butt has come out with critique of what goes on on the internet. Last month, she posted a stern message asking when “the minds of people like Falak Shabir will stop fixating on women’s clothing”.

That post came after the singer had called on the MPA’s party leader, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, to take action against people who wear “short dresses in the bazaars and streets” of Punjab.

Butt also weighed in on the controversy surrounding television host Fiza Ali and her husband, who picked her up like a bag of flour on live TV.

The lawmaker termed the incident as “regrettable”, adding that adults should “demonstrate good morals and decorum so that children and the younger generation can learn something better”. Ali’s young daughter was on the programme too, and laughed hysterically as her parents played around.