TikTok Germany moderators raise alarm over layoff plans


The row in Germany comes amid a global trend of social media companies reducing their use of human fact-checkers and turning to AI instead. — Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash

BERLIN: Content moderators at the German branch of social media giant TikTok sounded the alarm Thursday about what they say is a plan to replace them with artificial intelligence, potentially putting platform users at risk.

Around 50 people gathered for a protest near the offices of TikTok Germany, among them some of the 150-strong "trust and safety" department in Berlin, who say management are threatening to fire them en masse.

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