Antisemitism royal commission as it happened: ‘Really serious deficiency’: YouTube slammed over its hateful speech policy

TikTok’s hate speech and hateful behaviour guidelines are being shown to the commission, which includes a detailed list of “protected attributes” the social media platform uses to rule on content.

A list of TikTok’s banned content, which includes “supporting or spreading hateful ideology”, is also being shown to the commission.

According to TikTok’s guidelines, banned content includes “claims of supremacy over a protected group, such as white supremacy, misogyny and LGBTQ+ hate, antisemitism or Islamophobia”.

It also includes “hateful conspiracies targeting a protected group, such as the Great Replacement Theory or claims that Jewish people control the media”.

TikTok’s Zachary Hecht has been asked whether “the list of protected attributes is longer and more specific than a number of other social media platforms”.

Hecht says: “I am focused on the TikTok platform, and I’m not sure of what the list of other platforms would be in this moment, but what I can say is, this list is informed by global human rights standards.”