TikTok says it will stop using ~100 moderators it had in China to monitor overseas content and shift that work to those outside China
the latest effort by owner Bytedance to distance itself from U.S. concerns about Beijing's influence. Scoop by @Kubota_Yoko @raffaelehuang @ByShanLi https://www.wsj.com/... Elliott Zaagman / @elliottzaagman : It's insane that they weren't doing this a year ago already. https://twitter.com/... Yoko Kubota / @kubota_yoko : Meanwhile: TikTok to stop monitoring content with China-based moderators. More than 100 employees in “Trust and Safety” team in China will be transitioned into new posts; some could leave firm m, sources say. w/ @raffaelehuang @ByShanLi https://www.wsj.com/... See also Mediagazer
TikTok will stop using China-based moderators to monitor overseas content and shift that work outside China—the latest effort by owner Bytedance to distance itself from U.S. concerns about Beijing's influence. Scoop by @Kubota_Yoko @raffaelehuang @ByShanLi https://www.wsj.com/...
Meanwhile: TikTok to stop monitoring content with China-based moderators. More than 100 employees in “Trust and Safety” team in China will be transitioned into new posts; some could leave firm m, sources say. w/ @raffaelehuang @ByShanLi https://www.wsj.com/...