Ever since TikTok started going viral, the platform has had a serious problem with sexually suggestive content . Despite the fact that in 2021 the social network launched an automated system to remove nude videos, this measure was not entirely sufficient. In 2022, TikTok received complaints about the type of explicit content that was distributed on the platform, including child po*nography.
Well, it seems that in 2023 the social network will finally become a safer place for young users . In fact, the Chinese app owned by ByteDance has started the year by launching new measures that reduce the exposure of young people to sexually explicit content. Do you want to know what this is about? Well, we’ll tell you right away.
The platform is already safer for young people: TikTok cracks down on sexually explicit content
Through its blog , TikTok has revealed that the social network is launching a new algorithm that more accurately detects sexually explicit content , that is, videos that, although they do not contain nudity, are at the limit of nudity allowed on the platform. This means that the social network now has the ability to identify content that, while compliant with TikTok regulations, may be inappropriate for younger users.
In this way, the new measures that accompany the algorithm prevent said content from being recommended to adolescent users of the platform . However, we will have to wait in the next few days to know the real precision of the new algorithm. However, the results look promising. In their blog post they revealed that in the last 30 days this new model prevented more than 1 million sexually suggestive videos from being viewed by teen and youth accounts.
And you… Do you think these new measures against sexually suggestive content were necessary on the platform?
