KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Social media platform TikTok said it will slash hundreds of jobs, with a significant number of employees in Malaysia expected to be affected, as the company shifts to AI-assisted content moderation.
TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, said Friday it would cut several hundred jobs around the world, without providing a breakdown by country.Less than 500 jobs in Malaysia are expected to be affected by the move.A TikTok spokesperson said that the job cuts were part of an effort to boost content moderation.
The company uses a combination of human moderators and automated detection to review content posted on the platform.The restructuring follows months of speculation that TikTok was planning to significantly reduce its global operations and marketing workforce.According to the company website, ByteDance has over 110,000 employees based out of more than 200 cities globally.
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