TikTok Trust and Safety

Designing for user well-being and platform integrity.

TikTok Trust and Safety Banner

Mental Health Support Page Design

For high-risk content search scenarios (such as suicide, self-harm, eating disorders), we discovered that blank result pages failed to fulfill the platform's social responsibility requirements.

Search Safety Original Optimized

I proactively designed an empathetic intervention solution: embedding custom illustrations, supportive messaging, and local mental health resource links on search result pages to provide immediate support for users in distress.

Trust and Safety Search result showing care resources

Display different information based on the user's search query.

Trust and Safety Search result showing care resources

Post-Launch Feedback

After launch, the solution received overwhelmingly positive user feedback, becoming a benchmark case for TikTok's social responsibility practices. It was even cited by Shou Zi Chew (TikTok CEO) as a positive example during U.S. Congressional hearings.

Positive user comment on Trust and Safety feature