TikTok’s US arm joins Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative

Eight months after it was spun out of TikTok , the social media platform’s U.S. unit, known as TikTok USDS Joint Venture, is joining Lantern, a cross-platform child safety program by a group of tech companies.

Lantern, launched in 2023, helps social media companies work together to securely share signals of harmful behavior and content in order to identify bad actors as they move across platforms. Members in the program include Google, X, Snap, Twitch, Anthropic, Meta, Discord, Microsoft, Apple, Roblox, Reddit and more.

“Cross-platform collaboration is essential to identifying and disrupting child sexual exploitation and abuse, and TikTok USDS JV’s participation will help strengthen coordinated enforcement across the wider tech ecosystem,” Lantern’s director, Marc Leone, said in a statement.