The application has implemented a new classification of its content. The goal is to prevent younger users from being exposed to videos aimed at a more mature audience.
Videos that are suggestive, sexual in nature, or contain adult innuendo. On TikTok, mature content proliferates. This is why the application has revised its classification system. The Chinese social network thus seeks to prevent a young user from being confronted with images that are not appropriate for their age.
A million videos discarded from the youngest
TikTok announced that a new version of its “borderline” content detection tool is now in use. These types of videos do not directly violate the moderation rules of the platform but are not suitable for all audiences. Now, the process is automated through the use of “machine learning”.
Content identified as unsuitable for young users should therefore no longer be visible to 13-17 year olds. TikTok has also congratulated itself for having prevented the accounts of teenagers from viewing more than a million “sexually suggestive” videos during the month of December.
A partnership has also been concluded with StopNCII, to limit the proliferation of images of a sexual nature. This organization fights to prevent abuse of intimate images from being committed, but also to repair the damage by seeking to delete intimate images published on the internet without consent.
A bill to ban the app
In addition, the creators themselves are encouraged to mention directly when putting their content online whether it is suitable for everyone or only for adult users.
In the United States, voices are being raised to ban the use of the Chinese social network on American territory. A bill was tabled to this effect in December. Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher even likens the app to “digital fentanyl,” a powerful opioid.
At the beginning of December, the French president had also criticized TikTok. Emmanuel Macron had indicated that the network was “the first disruptor (psychological)” among children and adolescents.
