TikTok , a video sharing application that is among the most used social media platforms in the world , took action to throw black clouds on it. ByteDance , the app's developer , announced that Chinese moderators will no longer interfere with videos from outside China to show that they are not working with the Chinese Government .
In particular, the United States was beginning to ban many applications originating from China, uncomfortable with the collection of information from Chinese citizens. The USA, which started to impose sanctions on various China-based companies, especially Huawei , wanted its European allies to stay away from Chinese companies.
While employees of the US government agencies were forbidden to use TikTokfor a short time , ByteDance was developing various arguments that they did not give the data to other states. The company, which is on the way to innovate on improving the users' trust in the application, has taken its first step today.
ByteDance , which took action to be more transparent to its users and remove the question marks in their heads , opened a transparency office in the United States . Opened to show how the data was collected and processed, the center could be visited by anyone. Thus, it was clearly seen on which servers the data was processed and who was collected and collected.
Determined to take this a step further, TikTok announced today that he has made changes in the moderator issue. It is said that with the changes to be made shortly, Chinese moderators will be prevented from interfering with videos outside of China. Thus, it was stated that a new assurance has been created that the videos published on the application have not been determined by China.
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