Caoyang Shen

The Virtual Jail: Content Moderation Challenges Faced by Chinese Queer Content Creators on Douyin

Queer users of Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, suspect that the platform removes and suppresses queer content, thus reducing queer visibility. In this study, we examined how Chinese queer users recognize and react to Douyin's moderation of queer content by conducting interviews with 21 queer China-based Douyin…