Short-form video app TikTok said on Wednesday that it removed nearly 62 million videos from its platform during the first three months of the year for violating its guidelines, as it seeks to address security and privacy concerns. In a report released on its website, the company said that these videos make up less than 1 percent of the total videos posted on the platform and fall under categories such as “adult nudity and sexual activity, harassment and bullying and hateful behaviour”.
About 8.5 million evictions were made from the United States, TIC Toc, owned by China ByteDance, added. The company has submitted transparency reports since 2019, after its platform which is widely popular among teenagers came under scrutiny for content and privacy-related issues, which led to some countries banning the app . TikTok, which has been ramping up its security and privacy features to retain users, opened a content moderation center in its Los Angeles office last year to promote transparency. On June 22, the US Commerce Department revoked a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration sought to block new US downloads of both Chinese-owned apps. .
Earlier this month President Joe Biden rolled back a series of Trump-era executive orders seeking to ban new downloads of Tencent-owned WeChat and TikTok, and those generated by apps and others. The Commerce Department’s review of security concerns was ordered. The Commerce Department under Trump also sought a ban on other transactions that effectively banned the use of WeChat in the United States and later sought similar restrictions that barred the use of TikTok. . Biden’s order directed the Commerce Department to monitor software applications such as TikTok that could affect US national security, as well as recommendations within 120 days to protect US data obtained or accessible by companies controlled by foreign adversaries. to do.
WeChat, which has been downloaded at least 19 million times by US users, is widely used as a medium for services, games, and payments.
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