{"id":21946,"date":"2021-05-05T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=21946"},"modified":"2021-05-05T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:19:54","slug":"plus-size-creators-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/plus-size-creators-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Plus-Size Creators Are Fed Up With TikTok’s Community Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Model and content creator Nzinga Imani. Photo Courtesy: CHRISTIAN OMESHUN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plus-size models<\/a> and creators are calling out TikTok<\/a> for its selective video banning. The popular app has faced scrutiny in prior months due to creators calling out its censoring of Black<\/a>, LGBTQ+ and plus-size people. In a response made in December of 2019, TikTok admitted to suppressing the reach of content created by users assumed to be \u201cvulnerable to cyberbullying.\u201d Nonetheless, plus-size influencers<\/a> on the app are tired of the hypocrisy they\u2019re seeing regarding curvier bodies. Nzinga Imani, a plus-size model<\/a>, called out the app in early April for its discriminatory banning. Imani published an Instagram reel stating how TikTok\u2019s community guidelines are fatphobic and are unjustly removing plus-size content.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs influencers, we often spend hours on content creation and to have our art removed simply because we are fat feels overwhelmingly unfair and hurtful,\u201d Imani tells\u00a0<\/span>GRAZIA<\/span><\/em>. \u201cIt also affects our business. If I promise a lingerie company a TikTok but TikTok is constantly removing that content I cannot fulfill my agreement with the brand and it affects my relationship with them as well as my compensation for the work I\u2019ve already done. It\u2019s very frustrating.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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