TikTok Committing $1 Million Toward Fighting  Racial Injustice & Inequality & $3 Million To Non Profits That Help The Black Community

Earlier this week we reported on claims of TikTok allegedly blocking out the “#BlackLivesMatter” and “#GeorgeFloyd” hashtags, as well as other hashtags related to the murder of George.

TikTok then released a statement following these allegations, stating they stand with the Black community.

 

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#TSRUpdatez: #TikTok has just released a statement showing support to the Black community after receiving backlash about allegedly blocking hashtags related to #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd! (SWIPE)

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TikTok has since fixed what they claimed to be a bug, and are taking steps to do more as they understand that “fixing the problem was not enough.”

A TikTok rep tells us that the company “Will be donating $3 million from our Community Relief Fund to non-profits that help the Black community, which has been disproportionately affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

In addition, they acknowledge that this is only a starting point, but will also be committing another “$1 million towards fighting the racial injustice and inequality that we are witnessing in this country.”

Are y’all here for these steps TikTok is taking? Catch up on the original story below:

 

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TSR STAFF: Christina C! @cdelafresh ___ #TikTok is being accused of blocking the hashtags “#BlackLivesMatter,” “#GeorgeFloyd,” and others related to the recent police killing of George Floyd. ___ The error was first pointed out by a TikTok user who went to upload a video to TikTok and found that he was unable to see the tags, according to @TheWrap. ___ The user called them out, prompting TikTok to respond to the issue saying, “We are aware of an issue that is impacting the hashtag view counts displayed at the upload stage. This appears to affect words at random, including terms like #cat and #hello. Our team is investigating and working quickly to address the issue.” ___ A TikTok spokesperson told TheWrap that view counts of the hashtags #GeorgeFloyd and #BlackLivesMatter have been fixed and video creators will now-click the link in our bio to read more.

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