Societal Safety Policy Project Intern (Business Integrity - Policy) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.

About the team:
The Societal Safety unit ensures that our monetization practices do not contribute to societal harm. We focus on identifying emerging risks and addressing trends, actors, and content in ads that can negatively impact societal stability, political processes, and the safety of communities.

This position will help create TikTok's advertising policies for the Global Societal Safety team, in addition to supporting our partner teams on incoming policy queries. Our ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, able to navigate ambiguity, deliver against multiple objectives and workstreams simultaneously, and work to tight deadlines under pressure.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct research on societal safety issues, such as misinformation, minor safety, election interference, violence, misinformation and emerging harms, to support policy and enforcement initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Legal, Public Policy, Trust & Safety, Product, and Transparency & Compliance to support integrity-focused projects and workflows.
- Assist in monitoring integrity metrics, surfacing trends, and flagging anomalies that may indicate risks to platform safety.
- Help develop and maintain clear documentation, including project briefs, internal guidance, and cross-team updates.
- Support the review of safety-related incidents and escalations, assisting in root cause analysis and trend identification.
- Contribute to the creation of internal tooling, dashboards, or other systems that support risk mitigation and response.
- Assist the Societal Safety team in driving forward wider integrity initiatives related to elections, harmful behavior, and information quality.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree or above
- Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
- Experience working with data, familiarity with data science tools is a strong plus.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and managing multiple priorities.
- Highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented with a strong sense of responsibility and ethics, experience in project managing is plus.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated interest in societal safety topics, policy, or platform governance topics or familiarity with digital risk landscapes (e.g. coordinated inauthentic behavior, information warfare, abuse at scale).