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TikTok replacing moderators with AI

Rob Beschizza
Aug 25, 2025
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TikTok is replacing hundreds of human moderators in the U.K. and Asia with software. The staff whose roles are being eliminated will get priority in hiring "if they meet unspecified criteria." The move came as workers were about to vote to unionize, if you're speculating about what those specifications might involve.

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