TikTok to start banning 'problematic' content from its For You feed
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Next month, content that would be "problematic if viewed in clusters" won't be eligible to be on the FYF.
TikTok will let you mess up once, maybe even a couple times, but repeating your mistakes a little too often is going to cost you.
The social media platform announced Wednesday it's updating its standards for what's allowed on the algorithmically-generated For You feed, which provides users a personalized experience with videos and creators the app believes they would like.
But come May 17, those who create content the company considers "fine if seen occasionally but problematic if viewed in clusters" won't be eligible to be on it, making their account temporarily ineligible from being on the FYF. TikTok will also make their content harder to find in search, thereby reducing a person's ability to reach a larger audience in multiple ways.
In its announcement, TikTok specified some types of "repetitive content patterns" it will start interrupting to ensure they're viewed less often. Those include "dieting, extreme fitness, sexual suggestiveness, sadness (such as statements of hopelessness, or sharing sad quotes), and overgeneralized mental health information (such as a quiz that claims to diagnose someone)."
Its policy also makes any TikTok users under the age of 16 ineligible from reaching the FYF at any time.
