TikTok faces another test: its first U.S. presidential election

, TikTok does not flag any misinformation to its users. Instead, the social media app keeps fact-checkers' assessments internal and uses them to remove content, or, less frequently, reduce its reach.

“Their whole mission was to bring joy,” said David Ryan Polgar, a tech ethicist and member of TikTok’s new content advisory council that helps it shape policies. “But with anything that is popular, you’re going to have somebody who is going to say ‘how can I exploit popularity?’” TikTok’s fact-checkers, who also partner with Facebook, said political falsehoods found on TikTok were similar to those spread on Zuckerberg’s platform: “It’s not just dance challenges any more,” said Alan Duke, co-founder of fact-checking partner Lead Stories.

Allegations of child sexual abuse are a key element of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which proposes Trump is secretly fighting a cabal of child-sex predators including prominent Democrats and “deep state” allies. This year, the company announced a council of outside experts would help it shape U.S. content policies. Rob Atkinson, a council member and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think-tank, told Reuters he has advised the company a number of times about how policy decisions, such approaches to hate speech, might play in Washington, D.C.

They should already ban this shit worldwide....

How’s this for an idea. Let it all go...

They couldn't possibly do worse than Facebook.

May I have your attention on very serious underworld criminals in China

No, America faces another test on how anal it can be.

They should stay out of it! Who in the Dickens is this company? A hidden China company?

using tiktok to win an election. cheap politiks

China will and should block the sale. 😆

TikTok is alarmingly harming the youth in many cases

tik tok is running for president

eculliford In our country there is a famous quote 'my doggy is dog and your doggy is Tommy WAH WAH ..SAME IS WITH AMARICA...Their apps are apps Chinese app ooo no ...why? Why APPLE AND WINDOW? NOW CHINA NEED TO BUILD FRIENDLY OPERATING SYSTEM.

eculliford Bye bye.

eculliford TikTok is a spyware it should be banned

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