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TikTok Experimenting With New Content Controls

By Sarah Krouse
· · Source: The Information

Popular short-video app TikTok is developing new tools that would let users limit the topics that appear in their “for you” recommendation feed, executives said on a call with advertisers and reporters Wednesday, part of its work to control the spread of negative or harmful content on its platform. The changes could allow users to indicate which words or hash tags they don’t want to see in the...

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