The reason for movie censorship by `` TikTok '' is `` Unattractive movies reduce the short-term retention rate of new users ''

TikTok, a mobile short movie platform, is a popular service with hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Such TikTok is 'appearance is poor,' 'poor,' 'handicapped' that had been so difficult per eye the user of the post, such as a problem for, not news site The Intercept is only specific internal guidelines, the guidelines Also clarifies the 'reasons for movie censorship.'

TikTok Told Moderators: Suppress Posts by the “Ugly” and Poor
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/

In December 2019, the German news media netzpolitik.org registered in the profile with `` disabled people '' and `` gays '' as well as posts showing subjects such as `` missing face '' `` down syndrome '' Has revealed that your posts have been manipulated to make it harder for others to find.

The video sharing application `` TikTok '' limited the reach of posts by people with disabilities and lesbian gay-gigazine

This time, the internal document obtained by The Intercept is a guideline distributed to staff called 'moderators' that checks whether the contents in TikTok violate the rules. It is thought that it is almost the same as the source of netzpolitik.org from the contents. If you look at the 'New rules' section, you'll see 'Unusual body shape, chubby, obvious beer belly, overweight or too thin (eg, dwarfism and acromegaly)' 'Ugly face (eg, fangs, Missing anterior teeth, old wrinkles, scars on the face, etc., or malformation of the face (eg, eye disease, incorrect dentition, and other physical disabilities), 'shabby photographs of aging houses, construction sites, etc.' Environment (eg, slums, degraded areas, etc., except when degraded and still feel natural beauty), even if the person being photographed is not poor but has cracked walls or graffiti painted on the walls Dirty, extremely dirty, or untidy. ' Posts that violate these rules will be manipulated by the moderator to be excluded from the TikTok 'For you' category.

Ugly Content Policy-The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/document/2020/03/16/ugly-content-policy/

In the 'Reason' section, this operation is justified by the logic that 'unattractive posts decrease the short-term retention rate of new users.' Elements that appear in the movie, such as people and landscapes, are of particular importance, and they say that 'unattractive people and shooting environments make the movie less attractive and should not be recommended to new users.' It is written. The Intercept points out, 'We justify this type of activity in order to attract and retain new users and overcome other apps.'

In addition to the above actions, The Intercept also publishes guidelines describing specific regulated activities.

TikTok Live Policy-The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/document/2020/03/16/tiktok-live-policy/

This policy lists 64 violations across 13 different categories. For some reasons, such as 'pornography for users under the age of 18', 'acting under the age of 18 handling guns', and 'smoking and drinking under 18' are self-evident. Some of the reasons for the enactment are unclear, such as 'do it again'. Also, there is no clear definition of the act of 'disrupting the unity of the nation.'

It has long been pointed out that TikTok has been used as a tool to strengthen Chinese speech control. The following article details TikTok's political censorship of Tiananmen Square, Tibet Independence, Falun Gong, and more.

How has TikTok censored countless content being posted? -GIGAZINE

The guidelines obtained by The Intercept were created in 2019 and used until late 2019. China, which operates the TikTok ByteDance has created the guidelines as a source, but, The Intercept what has been translated into English for use in the global office has said it had obtained.

The Intercept commented on the existence of such guidelines, 'In TikTok, the details of the rules are kept confidential, so even if measures such as account deletion are taken, no satisfactory explanation will be given. Behind the 'Community Guidelines' published on social networks, there are rules that moderators and others refer to when actually deciding actions. It's customary to do that. '

In addition, according to The Intercept, the company also implemented a strategy to encourage attractive users to post, contrary to a strategy to suppress posts from unattractive users. One of TikTok's moderators stated, 'We held regular video conferences with influencers and official content creators to guide them against breaking new content policies and reduce the likelihood of violating the rules. 'I told The Intercept.

Josh Gartner, a spokeswoman for TikTok, commented that the action taken on posting unattractive people and filming environments reflects 'early attempts to prevent bullying.' The Intercept accuses Gartner of saying, `` Gartner did not explain how this guideline would prevent bullying and did not explain how to justify the action for attractive users. '' Did.

The Intercept states that the source was required to be anonymous due to concerns about legal retaliation.