transparency report shortly after assembling a new committee of experts to help review its content moderation policy.
The report reveals a list of government bodies that made requests for removing specific content from the platform as well as access to user data during the first half of 2019.India and the US, both of which countries have a large TikTok following, topped the list with the number of requests filed. India, where the app reportedly has millions of users filed 107 requests for user data and 11 requests for content takedowns. TikTok received 79 requests for user data from US law enforcement agencies, in addition to six requests for taking down content from January 1 to June 30, 2019. According to the TikTok transparency report, the platform received 298 legal requests for user information and 26 government takedown requests in total during the first half of 2019.China is noticeably absent from the list of countries that submitted requests, which sparked debate. However, TikTok isn’t available in China – they use Douyin, a similar but separate Chinese version of the app instead, which could explain why it is absent in the report. “TikTok is committed to assisting law enforcement in appropriate circumstances while at the same time respecting the privacy and rights of our users,” Eric Ebenstein, TikTok’s head of public policy, wrote in a blog post.
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