1 week ago Hundreds of TikTok UK moderator jobs at risk despite new online safety rules

Cuts in trust and safety team part of switch towards artificial intelligence by social media appTikTok has put hundreds of UK content moderators’ jobs at risk, even as tighter rules come into effect to stop the spread of harmful material online.The viral video app said several hundred jobs in its trust and safety team could be affected in the UK, as well as south and south-east Asia, as part of a global reorganisation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hundreds of TikTok jobs at risk in UK as video sharing site launches global restructure of its trust and safety tears

TikTok has said it is putting hundreds of UK jobs at risk as part of a global restructure of its trust and safety teams.

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1 week ago TikTok to shed hundreds of jobs in UK safety and moderation teams

The company is increasingly using AI to perform jobs that used to be done by humans

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1 week ago TikTok puts hundreds of UK jobs at risk 'as roles being replaced with AI'

More than 85% of the content removed for violating TikTok community guidelines is currently identified and taken down by AI

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1 week ago TikTok puts hundreds of UK jobs at risk in safety and moderation teams

It is understood that several hundred jobs will be impacted in the UK, where it currently employs more than 2,500 staff.

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3 w. ago TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor

TikTok workers in Berlin are striking over mass layoffs amid company’s global push to replace moderators with AITikTok workers in Germany are holding strikes over mass layoffs of the company’s trust and safety team. The social media behemoth said it is planning to dismantle its entire Berlin moderation team, which removes harmful content from the platform, and outsource the work to artificial intelligence and contract workers. This means the dismissal of 150 employees.The trade union that represents the TikTok workers, ver.di, has been pushing to negotiate with TikTok over the past few weeks. Kalle Kunkel, a ver.di spokesperson for the Berlin-Brandenburg region, said the union sent a list of demands to TikTok regarding severance for the affected employees and an extension of the layoff notice period to one year. So far, he said, TikTok has refused to come to the table. Continue reading...

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