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Social media giant TikTok approved most political advertisements containing false and misleading information about U.S. elections, a new report has found.
A new report has found that Facebook and TIkTok are approving paid advertisements that spread falsehoods about voting and the midterm elections.
TikTok's algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens. What they are not so good at is detecting ads that contain misinformation about U.S. elections.
Global Witness produced – and withdrew – purposely misleading ads that were all approved by YouTube, and half by Facebook
A month after Global Witness exposes failings, half of tested disinformation ads still being approved