Abstract
At the TikTok & Children Symposium, the TikTok Cultures Research Network initiated a dialogue with TikTok Trust & Safety personnel to learn about their provisions and priorities for young people. The industry fireside chat was attended by scholars of TikTok cultures and intended to facilitate research agenda with real-world applications for researchers to respond to market issues as they unfold. Such cross-sector conversations provide the rare opportunity to glean insight on backend processes, query how decision-making is structured to consider other stakeholders, and learn about how big tech companies may navigate competing priorities and negotiate tensions. In the edited transcript that follows, the dialogue focuses on timely issues pertaining to minor safety and well-being, platform design and user diversity, and industry-academic partnerships. The dialogue closes with a selection of Q&As from the session, focusing especially on design changes, API access, age-gating, and the balance between universality and regionality.
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