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TikTok pulls down 380,000 videos in US for hate content

By Mohit Gadhok Published on August 21, 2020, 12:53 IST

Chinese-owned video app TikTok has pulled down over 380,000 videos in the United States this year in order to “eliminate hate” on the platform.

TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, also banned around 1,300 accounts for uploading hateful content and deleted over 60,000 comments on similar grounds.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration also ordered ByteDance last week to divest TikTok’s US operations within 90 days, in an attempt to increase pressure on the Chinese company over data security concerns.

Best known for lip-syncing routines as well as viral challenges, the video-sharing app is hugely popular among teenagers.

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He is a charmer when it comes to tech. Mohit is the founder of Techcare7 Group and The Tech Outlook. He has vast experience in designing websites and mobile apps. In his free time, he loves to write about gadgets and what is happening in the tech world.