Campaigners say TikTok failed to detect ads riddled with election disinformation.. Photo: JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPapproved 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.
In TikTok's response to the study, which Global Witness shared with AFP, the platform acknowledged the ads violated its policies. Last month, TikTok released a statement detailing the"comprehensive" measures it was taking, saying it was"deeply invested" in protecting election integrity.Global Witness said it deleted the fake ads after receiving notification from TikTok that they had been accepted for publication to prevent any traction.The group paid £10 for that ad and found that it received 12,000 impressions before the credit ran out.
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