From today, you can see some beautiful new animations being posted to TikTok accounts. The company partnered with six of the platform's popular animators to create videos for an anti-bullying campaign. All the videos were created by the animators and are intended to offer their perspective on the pressures creators face on the platform.
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TikTok has been a huge help to animators, who have found that short videos allow them to create good, consistent output that engages viewers. One of the creators, King Science, has 11.6 million followers, making him one of the most followed users on the platform.
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TikTok considers the campaign as part of its strategy to combat harassment. TikTok says that an important aspect is the tone and expectations set by the company for its community. The company wants to ensure users know the rules, so that if their video is removed they know what they did wrong, said Tara Wadhwa, policy director of TikTok US.
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The company has made several updates to its app over the past year to improve anti‑harassment measures. Recently it released a pop‑up window that will warn users if it detects they are posting a malicious comment, and the creators now have the ability to report and block users and bulk‑delete comments.
Source of information: theverge.com
