Video-sharing social media app TikTok has apologized for suppressing LGBTI content. The hugely successful app has around 800 million users around the globe.
It’s made headlines in recent weeks because President Donald Trump threatened to ban it in the US over data security fears. TikTok is owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance.
However, pre-dating this has been criticism that the app has suppressed LGBTI content. Critics say the app takes action to prevent such content – even images of men holding hands – from going viral in certain countries. Hashtags subjected to shadowbans Earlier this month, TikTok admitted it restricted LGBTI-related hashtags in some countries.