The approach will not only target outright hate speech and Nazi paraphernalia, but less obvious references to white supremacist groups as well, like code words or visual cues that are widely seen as signals to those groups.

These changes expand on TikTok’s existing policies, which had long banned certain forms of hate speech and direct references to Nazism and white supremacy.

TikTok’s changes follow in the footsteps of similar changes by Facebook and Twitter, larger and more popular social media companies.