Entering 2023, TikTok Becomes Better In Controlling Sexual Content For Youth

TikTok invests more to control adult content (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - TikTok in its renewal said that they have better at controlling content that is risky or leads to sexual direction.

"We also have a policy to make risky content or to lead ineligible to be recommended by TikTok's Fed FYP, and we are sharing some ongoing work to strengthen our enforcement of this policy," TikTok said in its announcement. January 1st.

To grow a suitable experience for its users, especially for minors, earlier this year TikTok began introducing an updated Content Level system, designed to prevent more adult or complex content from reaching viewers between ages 13-17 (aged accounts).

TikTok claims to have succeeded in detecting and preventing teenage accounts from seeing more than 1 million videos that lead to sexual direction in the last 30 days alone.

Over the past year, TikTok has been doing iterations on its machine learning model to increase its consistency and accuracy in detecting explicit, suggestive, or risky sexual content.

Now, the company is making progress to reduce the prevalence of overall risk content recommendations, and launching a new suggestive model that is expected to enhance the detection of the content, creating a more appropriate and convenient experience for teens.

TikTok has also partnered with StopNCII.org, joining Meta and Bumble, to support efforts to stop the spread of non-consensual intimate content.

"Our goal is always to ensure our community, especially teenagers on our platform, have safe, positive, and fun experiences when they come to TikTok," concluded TikTok.

By taking this significant step, TikTok hopes to help ensure rejuvenation fees are not met with content that is not appropriate for them.