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On November 17th, 2020, Daniel's [[Pinterest]] account was found and leaked. According to now-banned TikTok user @diper_911, the account was found through an email associated with his [[Social Media Accounts|Twitter account]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/1d81zs2/one_of_the_original_videos_exposing_daniel_for/</ref> The account had albums filled with images of children, most notably celebrity [[Grace VanderWaal]], who was 16 at the time of it being found. However, it should be noted that the pictures saved to his Pinterest were photos of her from when she was even younger. Additionally, the Pinterest account contained maps of the United States which listed the age of consent for each state, and photos of his various underage celebrity crushes. While archival of information from around this time is sparse, it is said that now-banned TikToker @hottielarson discovered it.  

On November 19th, Daniel's then management, [[Roach Records]], would pull him into a [[Post-Pinterest Leak Live Stream|Zoom Meeting]] with TikToker @diper_911, where he was questioned by multiple people about his Pinterest account. When asked questions, he claimed to have been hacked at multiple points in times, made excuses, or brought up things that were entirely unrelated to the situation. The leaking of his Pinterest account also recontextualized several videos he'd made on TikTok where he'd duet videos of underage girls (which Daniel said he was hacked into making), as well as videos with the children he lived with at the time.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-TthuCU04s</ref> In the end, Daniel was found guilty of owning the Pinterest account, even though he adamantly denied it.  

After the Zoom meeting concluded, TikTok user @CowboyConor, who had over 400k followers at the time, would address the unfolding situation in a live stream. This truly demonstrated the scope of how widespread the situation was becoming.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@flexburgerrrr/video/6897037875146181893</ref> Daniel would delete his Pinterest account on November 20th, at around 2:50 PM CST.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6897282305786711302</ref> On November 21st, which can be ascertained from duets made on his TikTok,<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@nathan.helbling/video/6897646097116695813</ref> Daniel posted his first of many apologies, in which he admitted that he had "...used pictures of girls and masturbate[d] to them."{{Citation Needed}}Only a day later, Daniel went on lockdown. He not only disabled comments, but he also deleted and/or set his videos to private, especially ones about [[Grace VanderWaal]], as well as setting his liked videos to private.<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6898106445758303493</ref> He even went as far as to temporarily deactivate his TikTok account starting from the 24th,<ref>https://www.tiktok.com/@scr33nrecords/video/6898902400409554181</ref> coming back to the platform sometime in December.