TikTok announces decision to cooperate with Russian government after censors began searching the app for child porn

The mobile video sharing app TikTok has announced that it plans to cooperate with the Russian government and follow Russian law, Mediazona reported. Representatives of the highly popular app said they made the decision to collaborate with Russian authorities in order to create a “positive environment” for Russian users, adding that they would develop strategies to “eliminate inappropriate content.”

On June 13, the press secretary of Russia’s censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, announced that the agency plans to analyze TikTok’s content to search for “child pornography and other content that is banned in Russia.”