and how they use it goes through the US Congress, TikTok’s CEO Kevin Mayer argues TikTok has brought competition into the social media marketplace.
“The entire industry has received scrutiny, and rightly so,” Mr Mayer said in the forum favoured by tech companies –“We accept this and embrace the challenge of giving peace of mind through greater transparency and accountability,” he said, announcing that TikTok would allow experts to “observe our moderation policies in real time, as well as examine the actual code that drives our algorithms”.
TikTok is pushing for accountability and transparency, and if it’s going to be put under the microscope it argues other social media platforms should be too. Picture: Olivier Douliery/AFP