Engaging closely with academia, civil society to enrich platform: TikTok

TikTok on Monday said it is working with academia and civil society to enhance engagement, and enrich and empower the short-video platform.

TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, said it is also harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to show relevant content to the users.

"We look at best practices, work with academia and civil society. And therefore, partners on the platform are very important...start looking at the platform to understand, enrich and empower ourselves," Subi Chaturvedi, Head of TikTok for Good, said.

Stating that the company has taken down six million videos that were community reported, she further said, "It doesn't just come from us, there are responsible citizens and we are holding hands (with them)".

TikTok, which has 200 million users in India is extremely popular among youngsters in India. However, it has had its share of troubles in the Indian market.

Last year, the Madras High Court had directed the Centre to ban TikTok app, saying it was .