Deceptive Behaviors Policy Lead - Trust and Safety

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:

• 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).

Qualifications

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

Job Information
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.

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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.

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Diversity & Inclusion

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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.