A viral beheading video on the app could cause damage to its attempts to become a minor-friendly platform, and highlights issues with its AI moderation system, experts claim.
"Because TikTok is geared towards a younger audience than most other social media platforms, its responsibility in containing the dissemination of these types of videos is inherently greater than it is for others," said Tomaschek.
Moreover, 13-15 year olds also only have the option of"friends" or"no one" commenting on their content. Of course, TikTok isn't the first, and likely won't be the last, social media platform to accidentally allow graphic content on its platform, but unlike other social media sites, TikTok's For You Page allows videos to reach viral-level much quicker and wider than them.One TikTok content moderator toldthat the spliced technique likely"tricked" the AI system in place.
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