TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content

Re:TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content by elil17 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:47PM (#21084135)

But their moderation guidelines are significantly more repressive than is required by law. From what I read in the article, they banned same-sex couples holding hands in countries where there are no laws against same-sex relations

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Re:TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content by ScottFree on Thursday September 26, 2019 @04:33PM (#21085222)

They're a private company. They have the right to decide what they do and do not want on their platform. If you don't like it, you can always build your own pro-LGBT tiktok.

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Re:TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content by jbob2000 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:05PM (#21084329)

It’s not illegal for gay men to hold hands in Alabama either, but you’d be wise to avoid that activity if you went there. That’s why these are guidelines - because the local community is known to be touchy about these things.

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Re:TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content by lonelappde on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:15PM (#21084424)

There's a critical difference between choosing not to do something, and being prevented by someone else from doing it.

Also, how dare you insinuate that gay people are not part of the local community in Alabama?

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Re:TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content by jbob2000 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:29PM (#21085753)

I didn’t insinuate that? All I said was that a gay couple might not want to hold hands in public in Alabama. Wikipedia has my back: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Alabama

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