TikTok Is Bringing Its Dedicated STEM Feed To Europe

As political pressure mounts, TikTok says it's committed to fostering educational content on its app. 'The company announced on Tuesday that it's expanding its dedicated STEM feed across Europe, starting in the U.K. and Ireland, after first launching it in the U.S. last year,' reports TechCrunch. From the report: The STEM feed will begin to automatically appear alongside the 'For You' and 'Following' feeds for users under the age of 18. Users above the age of 18 can enable the STEM feed via the app's 'content preferences' settings. The feed includes English-speaking content with auto-translate subtitles. TikTok says that since launching the feed in the U.S. last year, 33% of users have the STEM feed enabled and a third of teens go to the STEM feed every week. The app has seen a 24% growth in STEM-related content in the U.S. since the feed launched. Over the past three years, almost 15 million STEM-related videos have been published on the app globally.

The company is expanding its partnerships with Common Sense Networks and Poynter to assess all of the content appearing on the STEM feed. Common Sense Networks will examine the content to ensure it's appropriate for the STEM feed, while Poynter will assess the reliability of the information. Content that doesn't pass both of these checkpoints will not be eligible for the STEM feed.

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