TikTok is cutting hundreds of jobs from its global workforce as part of its transition to a more AI-driven content moderation model. Sources familiar with the matter earlier told Reuters that more than 700 jobs were being cut in Malaysia. The ByteDance-owned social media giant later clarified that less than 500 employees in the country were affected. The employees were informed of their dismissal by email late Wednesday, the sources said. “We’re making these changes as part of our ongoing efforts to further strengthen our global operating model for content moderation,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement. TikTok employs a mix of automated detection and human moderators to review content posted on its site.
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