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Based on their faq: https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?category=web_account&id=7543604784121731590&lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?cate
by ketzu 17d ago
Based on their faq: https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?category=web_account&id=7543604784121731590&lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?category=web_accou...
> You shouldn't see mature or complex themes, such as:
> • Profanity
> • Sexually suggestive content
> • Realistic violence or threatening imagery
> • Firearms or weapons in an environment that isn't appropriate
> • Illegal or controlled substances/drugs
> • Explicit references to mature or complex themes that may reflect personal experiences or real-world events that are intended for older audiences
It is clearly described as a content filter. (It also deactivates gifting on live and "following" feed.)
- boscillator 17d agoI wonder what counts as a complex theme? Surely that is a euphemism for something, but I can't figure out what it would be and certainly don't trust TikTok to do a good job of deciding what is too complex for the youth's minds.
- williamdclt 17d agoI'd guess not-suggestive sexuality-related content, such as sex-ed. Possibly political stuff too?
- mcmcmc 17d agoCurious what they consider an “appropriate environment” for firearms and weapons
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- boomboomsubban 17d agoThere are multiple Olympic events that use firearms and weapons. Or history tiktok is a thing.
- limagnolia 17d agoI don't know what TikTok thinks, but I could imagine a target shooting sporting event as one such example.
- ryandrake 17d agoWhenever I see a list like this, I wonder to myself: "Who gets to decide the list?" Why are we letting companies just decide on their own what's appropriate for "minors?"
- codedokode 17d agoBecause 99% of adult people have other things to do than manually build content filters.
- intended 17d agoYou could have, at least back when Trust and Safety roles weren't getting crushed by the AI stick. Theres tons of research which can be brought to bear, genuine problems and challenges that require deep, thoughtful work, and some of the greatest people you will work with. It is also absolute madness. There are so many insane, broken things about how safety is provided in the world, that you will feel like you are in a Elizabethan slaughter house, just at species scale. This is all excluding the world of child safety. Adding that to the mix gets you to existential nihilism quite rapidly.