TikTok rolls out new anti-bullying comment features

TikTok announced it's rolling out new commenting features designed to combat bullying.

Under the new features, creators will be given control over which comments can be posted on their content. By enabling the new "Filter All Comments" feature, creators will get to choose which comments appear on their videos, instead of reactively removing offensive comments.

The company says the goal with the new features is to maintain a supportive, positive environment where people can focus on being creative and finding community.

However, the new features allow creators to censor any comments before they even go live, leaving them free to push any false and harmful information without any kind of pushback from the community. Tiktok has yet to comment about how they are planning to counter this potential abuse.

Another feature TikTok implementing will push users to reconsider posting comments that appear to be bullying or inappropriate. The popup will remind users of TikTok's Community Guidelines and allow users to edit their comments before sharing.

TikTok hopes these "nudges" will help by slowing people down and giving them time to think about what they're saying.