TikTok takes down hundreds of Australian videos in misinformation crackdown
by Josh Taylor from Technology | The Guardian on (#5J4NH)
False Covid claims, including that Scott Morrison faked getting his vaccine, among the content removed from the popular platform
False claims about Covid vaccines - including that the Australian prime minister faked getting his jab - were among some of the hundreds of Australian videos TikTok removed from its platform as part of a misinformation crackdown.
In February, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Redbubble, Apple, Adobe and TikTok signed on to a new voluntary industry code aimed at combating misinformation and disinformation online.
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