Push alerts from TikTok include fake news, expired tsunami warning
by Financial Times from Ars Technica - All content on (#6PXFV)
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TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users' phones, including a false claim about Taylor Swift and a weeks-old disaster warning, intensifying fears about the spread of misinformation on the popular video-sharing platform.
Among alerts seen by the Financial Times was a warning about a tsunami in Japan, labeled BREAKING," that was posted in late January, three weeks after an earthquake had struck.
Other notifications falsely stated that Taylor Swift Canceled All Tour Dates in What She Called Racist Florida'" and highlighted a five-year ban" for a US baseball player that originated as an April Fool's day prank.