Popular short-form video app TikTok has seen a boom in popularity in 2019 while its moderation guidelines have resulted in censoring certain types of content – including "banning any content that could be seen as positive to gay people or gay rights" in some countries.
Prohibition of intimate activities between homosexual lovers like hands, touches, kisses, and reports on gay groups, including news, people, music, television shows, pictures are prohibited.
This applies to countries considered to be conservative, including Turkey. The publication cites a local Turkish guide, in which drinking and depictions of hand-holding or kissing "between homosexual lovers” were censored.