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In February 2019, a 19-year-old Brazilian man livestreamed his suicide on the popular video-sharing app TikTok<\/a>. An hour and a half later, TikTok noticed and removed the video.<\/p> Three hours after that<\/em>, TikTok finally contacted the police, a former employee of the Brazilian offices of TikTok parent company ByteDance has told The Intercept Brazil<\/em><\/a> — and it spent those hours putting together a public relations strategy.<\/p> The employee, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, provided the Intercept<\/em> with an image<\/a> of an internal document detailing TikTok’s minute-by-minute response to the livestreamed suicide.<\/p> It suggests that TikTok found out about the stream via messages from influencers on WhatsApp<\/a> — and not from the team in China tasked with monitoring content<\/a>.<\/p> “The main issue was just how unprepared the Chinese team was for a situation like this,” the source told the Intercept<\/em>, “where the app’s algorithm didn’t catch that it was a suicide, let alone bring down the livestream, even after so many complaints.”<\/p> The Intercept<\/em> wrote that TikTok didn’t answer any of its specific questions about the incident, but did provide a statement.<\/p> “We remain deeply saddened by this tragic incident and sympathize with the family,” the statement said. “We encourage anyone who needs support or is concerned about a friend or family member to contact a suicide hotline.”<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> TikTok Livestreamed a User’s Suicide — Then Got Its PR Strategy in Place Before Calling the Police<\/a> [The Intercept<\/em>]<\/p> More on TikTok:<\/strong> Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Popular App TikTok<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post TikTok Waited Three Hours to Tell Cops About Livestreamed Suicide<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more here: Wrong Priorities In February 2019, a 19-year-old Brazilian man livestreamed his suicide on the popular video-sharing app TikTok . Continue reading Clock’s Ticking<\/h2>
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