TikTok fails 'disinformation test' before EU vote, study shows

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Wildly popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed Tuesday, flouting its own guidelines and raising questions about its ability to detect election falsehoods.

This photo taken on November 21, 2019, shows the logo of the social media video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris.PARIS, France —

The fake ads, submitted by the group last month, all contained content that could pose a risk to electoral processes -- including warnings to voters to stay home over a danger of poll violence and a spike in contagious diseases. Peck insisted it was "absolutely vital" that social media sites acted against threats to democracy in a year packed with major elections culminating in the US presidential vote in November.

It additionally submitted an ad that did not contain disinformation but violated TikTok's prohibition of political advertisements. This trend has emerged even as TikTok is under pressure in the United States, where President Joe Biden recently signed into law a bill that would ban the platform if its owner fails to find a buyer for the app within a year.

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