ByteDance's TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees, mainly in Malaysia, according to a report from Reuters.

The China-owned social-media platform is laying off employees as part of a revamp of its content-moderation operations.

ByteDance’s TikTok announced on Friday that it is reducing the number of workers it employs worldwide by hundreds, including a significant number of workers in Malaysia, in order to concentrate on using artificial intelligence (AI) more in content moderation.

TikTok, the popular social media platform owned by China's ByteDance, has announced the layoff of hundreds of employees from its

Popular social media platform TikTok owned by China’s ByteDance, has announced laying off of hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a

TikTok confirmed the layoffs and said that several hundred employees were expected to be impacted globally as part of a wider plan to improve its moderation operations.

TikTok plans to lay off hundreds globally, including many in Malaysia, to improve AI-driven content moderation. The company confirmed fewer than 500 layoffs in Malaysia, primarily affecting content moderation teams,

TikTok is laying off hundreds of staff worldwide, including a large number in Malaysia, amid potential efforts towards a wider use of AI in content moderation. "We're making these changes as part of our ongoing efforts to further strengthen our global operating model for content moderation.