ByteDance whistleblower alleges Chinese government uses TikTok algorithms to censor content
A ByteDance whistleblower alleges that the company's algorithms automatically identify and delete content critical of the Chinese government, including posts in the Uighur language. The whistleblower claims that the Cyberspace Administration of China issues directives to ByteDance's Content Quality Center, which then tasks teams with applying censorship instructions to both ongoing and past content. The allegations suggest that ByteDance is suppressing minorities and masking human rights violations through its content moderation systems.
- Organisation involved
- ByteDance
- Product, system or model
- Content moderation algorithms
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