TikTok removes 380,000 videos in US for violating hate speech policy

TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said on Thursday.The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, also said it banned more than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content.TikTok said in a blog post that it had acted on content such as race-based harassment and that it also had a zero-tolerance policy on organised hate groups and on content that denied “violent tragedies” like the Holocaust or…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3098231/tiktok-removes-380000-videos-us-violating-hate-speech-policy