Nakipag-partner si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sa video hosting service na Tiktok.
Ito ay para turuan ang mga maliliit na negosyante at small scale sellers na maibenta at maitaguyod ang produkto sa mas malawak na merkado.
Ayon kay Pangulong Marcos, hindi maikakaila na marami ang gumagamit ng Tiktok.
Nagkaroon ng pagpupulong sina Pangulong Marcos at Tiktok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew sa sidelines ng Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit sa Amerika.
“We want to give more resources and highlight and train the local sellers in the more rural parts of the country because that’s one thing interesting on the platform. What we want to do is highlight local products, especially from smaller [sellers],” sabi ni Chew kay Pangulong Marcos.
“We have a lot of this in Vietnam, a lot of this in Indonesia, a lot of this in Malaysia, a lot of this … and highlight that, give it a platform to sell around the country and export around the world. That’s the plan,” pahayag ni Chew.
Ayon kay Chew, excited aniya ang Tiktok na bigyan ng “edutainment” ang mga maliliit na negosyante.
Ayon kay Chew, dahil sa nasa 50 milyon ang gumagamit ng Tiktok, kinakailangan aniya na masiguro na ligtas ito dahil laan ang naturang platform sa creativity at entertainment.
“So, we want to keep it at that. [The] rules that keep people civil and keep the platform safe. So, we have community guidelines like no violence, no [to] sexual abuse material, we have all these guidelines and we have a team of people who moderate content,” pahayag ni Chew.
Aminado naman si Pangulong Marcos na mahirap na matukoy kung fake news ang post sa Tiktok
“But just the differences in opinion and how they’re expressed, that sometimes is very hard to determine whether you… where is it excessive and where is it acceptable but I suppose you have all the rules and… that you need to do that,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.
“Because Tiktok, I mean from the beginning was quite really just a very lighthearted platform but then just because of its popularity like for example, for someone like me who’s in politics, if you’re talking to 50 million people, then I need to be part of that conversation …So, it’s inevitable … the many sides, multi-faceted side will come in,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.