WF-DK01RZ
TikTok suppressed posts by users deemed unattractive, poor, or disabled
TikTok instructed moderators to suppress videos from users deemed too ugly, poor, or disabled from the 'For You' feed, according to internal documents obtained by The Intercept. The policy was justified as necessary to attract new users. TikTok acknowledged the policies but said they were no longer in place.
- Date it happened
- 2019-01-01
- Organisation involved
- TikTok
- Product, system or model
- For You feed algorithm
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