Speaking to PTI, ByteDance Director (International Public Policy) Helena Lersch said the company has been strengthening its content moderation policies over the last many months. We have a content moderation team in India. We increased the capacity of our content moderation team globally by 400% last year because we were prepared for the growth," she added. "First is a tech approach — a machine learning tool that filters content and then it goes to a content moderation team. Besides planned $1 billion investment, Lersche said the company would be ramping up headcount to 1,000 people by December 2019.

Source: Mint April 19, 2019 12:22 UTC