I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
www.protocol.com/china/i-built-bytedance-censorship-machine
What Jamie wrote
Pretty amazing insight into how political, or even just potential political speech, is moderated and censored.
The team I was part of, content moderation policymakers, plus the army of about 20,000 content moderators, have helped shield ByteDance from major political repercussions and achieve commercial success.
20,000 content moderators? 😳