What are the responsibilities and job description for the Deceptive Behaviors Policy Lead - Trust and Safety position at TikTok?
Responsibilities
As TnS' Policy Team Lead for Deceptive Behaviors, you will develop the strategy for our policy approach to deception, influence operations, and other inauthentic networks that undermine the integrity & authenticity of our platform. Safeguarding our community against actors who seek to undermine the authenticity of our platform is critical to maintaining TikTok's core vision.
This role will design the global approach to the Deceptive Behaviors space, including the development of our policies, collaboration with cross-functional enforcement partners, consultation with senior company leadership, external engagement, and close coordination with investigation, product and security teams. The Deceptive Behaviors team covers a range of important issues including influence operations, platform manipulation, spam and issues involving inauthentic networked behavior. In addition, this role will work closely with teams that manage high-risk events including elections, civil unrest, and conflict environments.
It is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role/as part of project/ in response to escalation requests/by chance. This may occur in the form of images, video, and text related to every-day life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals.
Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
【For Pay Transparency】 Compensation Description (Annually) - Washington, DC
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is 132300 - 243000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Trust & Safety
TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe for the TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.
We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
As TnS' Policy Team Lead for Deceptive Behaviors, you will develop the strategy for our policy approach to deception, influence operations, and other inauthentic networks that undermine the integrity & authenticity of our platform. Safeguarding our community against actors who seek to undermine the authenticity of our platform is critical to maintaining TikTok's core vision.
This role will design the global approach to the Deceptive Behaviors space, including the development of our policies, collaboration with cross-functional enforcement partners, consultation with senior company leadership, external engagement, and close coordination with investigation, product and security teams. The Deceptive Behaviors team covers a range of important issues including influence operations, platform manipulation, spam and issues involving inauthentic networked behavior. In addition, this role will work closely with teams that manage high-risk events including elections, civil unrest, and conflict environments.
It is possible that this role will be exposed to harmful content as part of the core role/as part of project/ in response to escalation requests/by chance. This may occur in the form of images, video, and text related to every-day life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals.
Responsibilities:
- Develop TikTok's overall policy strategy and roadmap related to Deceptive Behaviors on TikTok and lead development of global platform policies (e.g., in the form of policy titles, operational guidance documents).
- Lead a team of policy managers focused on Deceptive Behaviors.
- Partner closely with Global Security, Threat Research & Intelligence to guide TikTok's investigation and enforcement teams to ensure the timely detection and removal of Deceptive Behaviors activity.
- Engage with Legal and Public Policy teams to ensure compliance with key regulations and be a T&S point of contact for any potential new regulations.
- Act as a global escalation point of contact for Deceptive Behaviors, and align all stake-holders and leadership to respond to escalations and enable emergency policy decisions.
- Act as the representative with third party threat intelligence vendors, and work cross functionally to determine vendor roadmap and assess individual vendors' value.
- Remain up-to-date on industry trends and emerging issues in the misrepresentation space and design policies to combat them.
- Serve as a advisor to fellow Policy colleagues on topics that benefit from technical expertise (e.g., foreign influence operations) and be a key point of contact on behalf of the Policy team for our technical XFN partners (e.g. Security, Product & Investigations).
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in security, government, or technology focused on addressing misrepresentation, inauthentic behavior, and/or influence operations at scale, and Bachelors degree in political science, government, cybersecurity communications, law or related field.
- 3 years experience of leading a team.
- Expertise on actors who may engage in coordinated misinformation campaigns, influence operations, and/or inauthentic behavior on social media.
- Content knowledge around misinformation narratives, influence operations, and inauthentic behavior on social media.
- Experience with international technology/online content and /social media issues.
- Ability to quickly identify problems, thoroughly analyze them and deliver feasible policy solutions.
- Technical fluency to understand and analyze technical investigative reports to provide accurate policy guidance.
- Experience in launching new strategies and Zero-to-One initiatives.
- Expertise related to adversarial actors and influence operations in multiple markets and regions.
- Previous experience at a fast-moving internet platform company.
【For Pay Transparency】 Compensation Description (Annually) - Washington, DC
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is 132300 - 243000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Trust & Safety
TikTok recognises that keeping our platform safe for the TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.
We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
