TikTok condemns white nationalism, white genocide theory as hate speech - Business Insider

Members of the Proud Boys, a far right organization dedicated to fighting with leftists, hold a rally on September 26, 2020 in Delta Park, on the northern edge of Portland, Oregon.TikTok is being more explicit about what qualifies as hate speech on its platform.

The company announced in a blog post on Wednesday morning that it "will stem the spread of coded language and symbols that can normalize hateful speech and behavior." The ADL highlighted examples of TikTok posters using hashtags like "2316" and "88", which is often used to circumvent moderation and is linked to the phrase "Heil Hitler".

However, the app's internal content moderation policies, used by those policing posts, already guards against this. A version of TikTok's content moderation policies, dating from late 2019 and seen by Business Insider, encourage moderators to delete "content depicting stereotype of a protected or identifiable group" under its hate speech section.

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