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Social media app TikTok removes Islamic State

propaganda videos
Social media app TikTok has taken down accounts that were posting propaganda videos for the
Islamic State group, a company employee said Tuesday, in the latest scandal to hit the popular
platform.

TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm Byte Dance, claimed some 500 million users globally
last year, making it one of the most popular social apps.

An employee at TikTok told AFP that about 10 accounts were removed for posting the videos.

"Only one of those videos even had views that reached into double digits before being taken
down," said the staffer, who declined to be named.

The videos featured corpses being paraded through streets and Islamic State fighters with guns,
according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story on Monday.

The Journal said the posts were from about two dozen accounts, which were identified by social
media intelligence company Storyful.

"Content promoting terrorist organizations have absolutely no place on TikTok," the company
said in a statement emailed to AFP.

"We permanently ban any such accounts and associated devices as soon as identified, and we
continuously develop ever-stronger controls to proactively detect suspicious activity," it said.

The Islamic State's self-declared "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria fell in March, but the group
remains active in several countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, as well as still inspiring
jihadists through an online presence.

The TikTok platform, which allows users to create and share videos of 15 seconds, is particularly
popular with teenagers.

"Unlike other platforms, which are centred around users' friends or communities, TikTok is
based on engaging with a never-ending stream of new content," said Darren Davidson, the
editor-in-chief of Storyful.
"The ISIS postings violate TikTok's policies, but the sheer volume of content makes it difficult
for TikTok to police their platform and root out these videos," he said.

The app has been marred by controversy in recent months.

In April, TikTok was briefly banned by an Indian court over claims it was promoting
pornography among children.

The app is banned in neighbouring Bangladesh and was hit with an enormous fine in the United
States for illegally collecting information from children.

The company has refuted the allegations, saying they abide by local privacy laws.

Byte Dance has a version of TikTok in China called Douyin.

No. Vocabulary Meaning Part of speech Phonetics Synonim
Transcription
1. Reached (reach) Tercapai verb /riːtʃ/ Achieve

2. Paraded (parade) Pawai verb /pəˈreɪd/ Show off

3. Enormous Besar sekali adjective /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ Immense

Summary
The TikTok social media application has deleted several accounts because the account is in
violation of the rules, one example is an account that posted a video by displaying corpses that
were tackled on the streets and fighters of Islamic countries with weapons. Tiktok was also
banned for promoting pornography to children.
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