TikTok Removes 380,000 Movies in US for Violating Hate Speech Coverage

TikTok has eliminated greater than 380,000 movies within the US for violating its hate speech coverage up to now this yr, the short-form video app mentioned on Thursday.

The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, additionally mentioned it banned greater than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content material.

TikTok mentioned in a weblog submit that it had acted on content material akin to race-based harassment and that it additionally had a zero-tolerance coverage on organized hate teams and on content material that denied “violent tragedies” just like the Holocaust or slavery.

The app, which is vastly in style amongst youngsters, is finest recognized for dance and lip-syncing routines and viral challenges, however a evaluation by the Anti-Defamation League earlier this month mentioned that the platform was getting used to unfold white supremacist and anti-Semitic hate speech.

TikTok, which has been underneath scrutiny over its content material moderation practices, in March named the preliminary members of a content material advisory council, to provide recommendation on its insurance policies and consider the corporate’s actions.

US President Donald Trump additionally ordered ByteDance final week to divest TikTok’s US operations inside 90 days, within the newest effort to ramp up stress on the Chinese language firm over considerations concerning the security of the private knowledge it handles. US officers have expressed considerations that info on customers may very well be handed on to China’s authorities.

TikTok has mentioned that it has by no means supplied consumer knowledge to China and that it will not accomplish that if requested.

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