TikTok Moderators Demoted Content from Users They Deemed Ugly

TikTok, since its launch in 2016, has get the most pop video cosmos/sharing app in the world. Notwithstanding, with the popularity of the app, many controversies are surrounding the Chinese app. A recent one states that TikTok moderators blocked content from users who they thought to be "ugly, disabled or poor".

According to a recent report published by Intercept, TikTok supposedly encouraged its homo moderators to block content from users who they deemed to be inappropriate for their platform. This listing includes people who are "chubby", "have obese" or "are too thin". And then, co-ordinate to the Chinese app developers, in that location is no place for equality in their platform.

The report likewise states the homo moderators not only deemed the higher up people every bit "ugly", but people with "natural eye disorders, crooked oral fissure illness and other natural disabilities" were also blocked by the moderators. Look wait, it is not over yet!

According to some of their policies, people who are a bit older with "also many wrinkles" were also deemed to be "besides unattractive" for the platform. Apart from these, people with facial scars, or natural disfigurements, lack of a front prepare of teeth were as well blocked past these moderators.

Now, this was the concrete appearance part. Next comes another harsh policy that encouraged the moderators to demote content that was shot in a "poor" area. For instance, people who shot their video in a slum or an under-adult area, the moderators demoted their video also. Looks like TikTok is a place only for "rich and bonny people".

However, these policies were initially implemented by the video-sharing platform to attract new users. According to the report, initially, the management of the platform did not (thankfully) deleted these above accounts. But they discouraged the moderators to place these accounts in their "For You" page. This is their main feed for the videos and without the minimal promotion of the videos on the platform, they would reach only a few of the viewers.

According to Intercept, these above mean policies are currently not in use in the Chinese video platform. According to a TikTok mediator, some of these policies never even made their way to the implementation stage.