TikTok owns up to censoring some users' videos to stop bullying
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#4W0QZ)
Video-sharing site restricted posts by users it identified as disabled, fat or LGBTQ+
TikTok has admitted censoring posts by users it identified as disabled, fat or LGBTQ+ as part of a misguided effort to cut down on bullying on the platform.
According to a report from the German site NetzPolitik.org, the video-sharing site artificially limited the reach of users who it thought would be vulnerable to bullying if their videos reached a wide audience.
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