TikTok: false posts about US election reach hundreds of thousands
by Kari Paul from Technology | The Guardian on (#5A0W8)
Conspiracy theories and misinformation have circulated widely before removal, watchdog finds
TikTok has emerged as an unexpected source of misinformation about the US election, with numerous inaccurate or misleading posts circulating as tech companies battle to contain falsehoods from Donald Trump and others.
TikTok has in the past been a breeding ground for false reports that spread peer to peer," said Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters and an expert on rightwing extremism and misinformation.
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