TikTok claims to be a platform where users can express their true selves. However, if you're poor, disabled or ugly, your videos will be seen by nobody.
According to an investigation by The Intercept, TikTok moderators are told to suppress posts from users with "abnormal body shape," "ugly facial looks," "too many wrinkles," or those who are obese, lack front teeth, and so on. The site has published two internal documents for moderators who work around the world for the company. Moderators were also told to suppress posts from users who live in obviously rundown residences that are "extremely dirty and messy," have wall cracks, etc.
The Chinese company says the restrictions were put in place to protect people from bullying. However, the "documents contain no mention of any anti-bullying rationale, instead explicitly citing an entirely different justification: The need to retain new users and grow the app.
Source:The Intercept