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TikTok Failed to Prevent 90 Percent of Election Misinformation: Report

TikTok Failed to Prevent 90 Percent of Election Misinformation: Report
A visitor makes a photo at the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 25, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP, Martin Meissner
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
10/21/2022|Updated: 10/21/2022
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Social media giant TikTok approved most political advertisements containing false and misleading information about U.S. elections despite assurances from the company that it had a robust mechanism for detecting such content, a new report has found.

TikTok approved 90 percent of advertisements that featured misleading and outright false information about the upcoming 2022 U.S. midterm elections, according to a joint report by nonprofit Global Witness and the Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) team at New York University.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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