ByteDance’s popular social media platform TikTok is reportedly reducing its workforce, with the majority of layoffs occurring in Malaysia, as per information from Reuters. The company is shifting towards a greater reliance on artificial intelligence for the task of content moderation on its platform.
While TikTok has not disclosed the precise number of employees affected by this decision, the company confirmed that the figure is under 500. The move to downsize is part of TikTok’s broader strategy to refine its content moderation operations on a global scale. Currently, TikTok employs a dual system for monitoring content, which includes both AI technology and human reviewers.
This recent wave of layoffs is not the first for TikTok this year. The company has previously made cuts to its workforce, with over 250 jobs eliminated in Ireland in April. In May, there were reports suggesting that approximately 1,000 positions were being cut across TikTok’s operations and marketing departments. Additionally, in January, the company let go of 60 staff members from its sales and advertising teams.
