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TikTok Apologizes for Removing Video on Muslims in China

Reuters

   SHANGHAI - Social media app TikTok apologized to a user Thursday for
   removing a video that criticized China's treatment of Muslims, blaming
   a "human moderation error" and saying the images had been restored
   within less than an hour.

   The controversy over the video, viewed 1.6 million times, comes as
   TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, faces an inquiry by a U.S. national
   security panel over its handling of personal data, while U.S. lawmakers
   fear it may be censoring politically sensitive content.

   In the video she posted last week, the user, who identifies herself as
   Feroza Aziz, gave a tutorial on eyelash curling, while talking about
   how Muslims were being treated and saying she wanted to spread
   awareness of the situation.

   But on Twitter this week she said she had been blocked from posting on
   TikTok for a month, and Wednesday posted that her viral video had been
   taken down, only to be restored later.

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