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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Hibaq Farah

TikTok moderators struggling to assess Israel-Gaza content, Guardian told

Smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip
Smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. TikTok says it has removed more than 1.3m videos in the conflict region for violating content guidelines. Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

TikTok moderators have struggled to assess content related to the Israel-Gaza conflict because the platform removed an internal tool for flagging videos in a foreign language, the Guardian has been told.

The change has meant moderators in Europe cannot flag that they do not understand foreign-language videos, for example, in Arabic and Hebrew, which are understood to be appearing more frequently in video queues.

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