China-based ByteDance's well-known social media network TikTok has announced notable employment losses, As it moves to AI-assisted content regulation, Globally hundreds of workers including many in Malaysia are expected to be impacted by this choice.

Although TikTok has not said exactly how many employment would be impacted in every nation, it has been claimed that this action would effect less than 500 jobs in Malaysia.

The corporation verified that the restructure is a component of a more general plan meant to enhance platform content moderation, According to a TikTok spokesman, the layoffs are meant to improve the efficacy of the platform's trust and safety initiatives, particularly in relation to regulating harmful or violative content, Emphasizing the company's dedication to heavily investing in content moderation, the spokesman said, "We expect to invest $2 billion globally in trust and safety in 2024 alone and are continuously improving the efficacy of our efforts, with 80% of violative content now removed by automated technologies."

Right now TikTok uses automated algorithms along with human moderators to track down and delete offensive or damaging content. To more quickly identify and handle content infractions, the platform has, nevertheless, been turning more and more toward artificial intelligence (AI), The tech sector is seeing a growing trend whereby businesses are employing automation to handle the enormous volume of material produced by consumers, thereby assigning more content monitoring chores to artificial intelligence. The fact that TikTok depends on artificial intelligence has already showed notable effects; the platform can already automatically delete most of violative content thanks to automated algorithms.

Following months of conjecture that TikTok was preparing a significant reorganization of its worldwide operations, including a workforce cut, especially in marketing and operational areas, this restructure follows. The company's increasing emphasis on automation and artificial intelligence, which might lower the demand for sizable teams of human moderators and operational support, is most likely connected to its choice to cut people in these areas, Through AI content moderation optimization, TikTok hopes to guarantee a safer and more effective platform for its consumers.

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is still among the biggest internet companies in the world notwithstanding employment losses, The company's website claims that ByteDance hires more than 110,000 people spread over more than 200,000 locations worldwide. Although the layoffs could indicate a change in TikTok's operating approach, the business is still set for expansion, especially in areas like content moderation and safety where it intends to spend significantly.

Content moderation has been under more attention worldwide as platforms like TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube under pressure to guarantee that offensive or inappropriate content is rapidly and successfully deleted, Because AI technologies can process enormous volumes of data in real time, spotting and eliminating violative material before it becomes widely shared, people are depending more on them, Investing in AI-driven moderation would help TikTok to solve these problems and preserve a good user experience.

In Malaysia, where less than 500 jobs are projected to be affected, the layoffs underline the worldwide character of TikTok's restructure initiatives. Malaysia is a major base for TikTok operations in Southeast Asia as a rising market for social media platforms. But the move to artificial intelligence moderation seems to have lessened the necessity of a sizable human workforce in content moderation, which has resulted in employment losses in the area, TikTok's investment in safety and confidence points to a continuous dedication to provide a safe platform for its consumers in Malaysia and worldwide.