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Home / News / Business News / TikTok apologizes after blocking video showing China's treatment of Muslims
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    TikTok apologizes after blocking video showing China's treatment of Muslims

    Shubham Sharma
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    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Nov 28, 2019, 07:35 pm
    TikTok apologizes after blocking video showing China's treatment of Muslims
  • Just a day after blocking a teen who highlighted the mistreatment of Muslims in China, TikTok has apologized for the 'mistake' and restored her account.

    The company issued a statement saying her account was suspended due to a mix-up between 17-year old Feroza Aziz's new and old TikTok account while the video was removed due to a 'human moderation error'.

    Here's all about it.

  • In this article
    First, here's what Aziz said in the video Then, her account got suspended, video got removed After Aziz's tweets, the account and video were back Why TikTok suspended the account? Moderation error led to video's removal Evidently, Aziz is not satisfied with TikTok's explanation China continues to face condemnation for policies in Xinjiang
  • Issue

    First, here's what Aziz said in the video

  • On November 23, US-based Aziz shared a TikTok video - 'How to get long lashes'.

    Initially, the video looked normal and showed Aziz holding an eyelash curler. But soon, it took a serious note when she started talking about China's mistreatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.

    She spoke about alleged concentration camps, religion conversion to being forced to eat pork.

  • Impact

    Then, her account got suspended, video got removed

    Then, her account got suspended, video got removed
  • Aziz's three-part video slamming the Chinese government for ethnic genocide immediately went viral on TikTok.

    However, in a matter of hours, TikTok, the Chinese platform on which the video was shared, suspended her account.

    She reached out to the company to address the issue but they didn't respond and took down the video as well.

    It had received some 1.7 million views by then.

  • Report

    After Aziz's tweets, the account and video were back

  • In response to TikTok's action, Aziz reported the suspension of her account and the removal of the video on Twitter, saying that China is using TikTok to prevent the truth from coming out.

    However, within a few hours of tweeting, her account was back online and the video was restored.

    Later, Eric Han, head of Safety, TikTok US, issued an apology for the 'mistake'.

  • Explanation

    Why TikTok suspended the account?

  • In his explanation, Han claimed Aziz had posted a satirical video involving a picture of Osama bin Laden from her old account.

    The company suspended that account and then went on to ban devices associated with the banned account.

    Owing to this, Aziz's phone, which was still associated with the old account, was targeted and her new account was also affected in the process.

  • Details

    Moderation error led to video's removal

    Moderation error led to video's removal
  • As for video removal, Han said, "human moderation error" led to the removal of Aziz's video for 51 minutes.

    However, he added, the company is "conducting a review into its moderation policies" and will soon publish a transparency report.

    "It's important to clarify that nothing in our community guidelines precludes content such as this video, and it should not have been removed," he emphasized.

  • Doubt

    Evidently, Aziz is not satisfied with TikTok's explanation

    Evidently, Aziz is not satisfied with TikTok's explanation
  • After TikTok's explanation, Aziz tweeted out that her account is back, but she also doubted the explanation given by the video-sharing giant.

    She recently shared a tweet saying: "Do I believe they took it away because of a unrelated satirical video that was deleted on a previous deleted account of mine? Right after I finished posting a 3-part video about the Uighurs? No."

  • Information

    China continues to face condemnation for policies in Xinjiang

  • The whole TikTok debacle comes as China continues to face flak for its policies in Xinjiang, which the Chinese government has defined as a part of counter-terrorism measures. It also says that people willingly attend its vocational training centers for "ideological education".

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