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The Chinese social network TikTok limited the scope of videos created by people with functional diversities, overweight or belonging to the LGTBI collective . The company says it was an attempt to protect these creators from possible abuse they would have to face if they reached a larger audience.
The company, recently criticized for blocking a user who reported the torture to the Uyghurs , instructed their moderators to point out these videos and thus limit their reach, as Netzpolitik.org portal learned, which obtained documents in which These practices were detailed.
This measure affected people in the queer group, who were overweight and also people with autism or Down syndrome. When the videos of these creators were pointed out - with the category Risk 4 -, they stopped appearing in other countries.
In addition, if they were considered to belong to a higher risk category, Auto R, they were no longer displayed in the For you section of the users profile after reaching a certain number of views.
TikTok, who according to Netzpolitik continued to give these instructions to his moderators in September, says that this measure was never seen as a long-term solution, but was designed in response to the increased harassment in the application.
"We implemented a tough and temporary policy," a spokesman for the firm told The Verge. "Although the intention was good, we approached it badly and have long since changed the measure for other anti-harassment policies with more nuances and protection within the application."
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