While TikTok has been an important platform to document the Russian invasion in Ukraine, there has also been plenty of false information shared on the video app. The FRANCE 24 Observers team looked into some posts that used out-of-context or doctored videos as a pretext to ask for donations to help the Ukrainian people.
A video filmed in total darkness. You can hear a siren, moaning and gunshots. At first glance it may seem like an authentic, live broadcast from someone amidst the conflict in Ukraine. But if you keep watching, the supposedly "live" video appears to be playing on a loop. And it appeared on TikTok at 4:17pm Ukraine time, when the sun would still be out.
