{"id":217703,"date":"2020-01-31T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=217703"},"modified":"2020-02-28T14:05:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T20:05:24","slug":"live-action-banned-tiktok-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/live-action-banned-tiktok-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Video sharing app TikTok bans, reinstates Live Action, claims ‘human error’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE, 1\/31, 3:36p EST:<\/strong> Live Action president Lila Rose issued a statement<\/a> after TikTok notified Live Action of the reinstatement of its @liveactionorg account on the platform. Rose stated:<\/p>\n

TikTok has rightfully reinstated Live Action\u2019s account. We received an email from TikTok at 11:29 AM PT\/2:29 pm ET apologizing for what TikTok is calling ‘human error’. They admitted that our account \u201cis not in violation of any of our Community Guidelines.\u201d Tiktok must improve their training and oversight to ensure that such dramatic ‘human errors’ like this aren\u2019t made in the future for us or any other pro-life organization. <\/em><\/p>\n

We contacted TikTok yesterday asking for an answer and resolution and only after we escalated the problem, did they finally reinstate the account. Not every pro-life American has the reach that Live Action has to sound the alarm on censorship and viewpoint discrimination.\u00a0What we saw today is the power of social media, the pro-life movement, and news outlets in doing their job to call out pro-life viewpoint discrimination. Now, go follow us on TikTok.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE, 1\/31, 2:42p EST:<\/strong> After the original publication of this article, Live Action received an email from TikTok claiming that the @liveactionorg account “was incorrectly removed due to human error” and is again active:<\/p>\n

We’re writing to let you know that your account was incorrectly removed due to a human error. After re-reviewing your account, we have concluded that your account is not in violation of any of our Community Guidelines. This means that your account is back up and active. We apologize for the error.<\/em><\/p>\n

As stated in the tweet<\/a> below from Live Action president Lila Rose, TikTok provided comment to outside news outlets on the purported “human error” before they communicated anything to Live Action about the ban:<\/p>\n

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1\/31:<\/strong> On January 30, 2020, social media platform TikTok<\/a> banned Live Action for unspecified \u201cCommunity Guidelines violations.\u201d <\/span>Live Action joined the platform in 2019 to reach TikTok\u2019s young demographic, 41% of which is<\/span> between the ages of 16 and 24<\/span><\/a>. This was Live Action’s first notice of violation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below is a timeline of events:<\/span><\/p>\n

1:26pm EST:<\/b> Live Action posted a 15 second <\/span>video<\/span><\/a>, in which a woman is briefly shown looking at the screen with captions that read: \u201cBe pro-abortion\u201d and \u201cBe pro-life and help save babies.\u201d <\/span>The video follows a popular <\/span>TikTok trend<\/span><\/a> where a person is shown choosing between two jellybeans to eat.<\/span><\/p>\n

The remainder of the video consisted of positive social media posts from Live Action followers, sharing their personal stories of choosing life. No content within the video displayed any graphic images, violent content, political advocacy, or any other materials that could be reasonably deemed as offensive.<\/span><\/p>\n

2:30pm EST:<\/b> TikTok notified Live Action that the video violated <\/span>Community Guidelines<\/span><\/a>, and removed the video. Live Action immediately appealed. See that video below:<\/span><\/p>\n