TikTok head of safety explains how app fights dangerous content
CHICAGO -- TikTok now has more than 6 million users in Illinois – and thousands of businesses have grown to rely on the social media platform to advertise.On Tuesday, a roundtable of the Chicago TikTok Sparks Community — a group of successful Chicago-area content creators — demonstrated how the platform is supposed to be used.
We take it down,' said Suzy Loftus, Head of Trust and Safety for TikTok USDS, who attended the Chicago TikTok Sparks Community gathering. 'But we also look to see, how can we have found it earlier?'It is Loftus' job to make sure harmful content stays off TikTok. It's an around-the-clock job for her, and a network of about 40,000 safety professionals across the globe.
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