TikTok is immersed in a challenge of those that no social platform wants to take on ever: to eliminate content that shows images of suicide . To be more specific, the video they are trying to erase shows a person shooting himself with a pistol. Something that, as you can imagine, is a major problem for the social network and for all those parents and guardians whose minors use TikTok on a daily basis.
TikTok and how to remove propagation from a video
On the internet, and unfortunately for all of us, we have already seen horrible things throughout these years. The problem is that, since social networks arrived, the speed at which certain content is disseminated is much higher. And that’s a big problem for which practically no platform is prepared.
This time it is TikTok that faces one of those tense and complicated moments. Since last Sunday on the platform, some of its users have been publishing a video of a suicide, where very unpleasant images are seen and that, according to the social network, was originally published on Facebook.
Since the problem was detected, the platform has been quick to eliminate any reference to it and, of course, also the tiktok where the entire video or parts of it were shown. Because oddly enough, there are users who are “inviting” others to look for it. In addition, all those accounts are directly canceled, because it is content that is not allowed to publish.
The problem is that erasing is not easy. Although automated and manual mechanisms are being used, the speed at which this type of content is searched is always insufficient compared to the speed at which it can be disseminated by the action of users. That is why they ask from TikTok that users also help notify when they see it and mark the accounts that broadcast it .
Something that everyone who uses TikTok should do if that is the case. Because if you are of legal age the experience will be unpleasant, but for the millions of minors who use the platform it can be much worse. So now you know what to do.
Measures against suicide
The crisis TikTok is in right now as a platform is nothing new. Other social networks such as Facebook itself or YouTube have suffered similar episodes years ago. And it is difficult to avoid this type of content and its viral dissemination in a few hours.
However, beyond the work that even they themselves can do as a platform and we as users, the important thing is that if any type of behavior is detected that may indicate that a person is fighting suicidal thoughts, they should try to help. Something that can be done either by talking to said person or by providing the telephone lines with specialized personnel in these problems so that they can provide help.