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Tiktok 'fails' political disinformation test ahead of EU elections

Tiktok logo AP - Martin Meissner

Popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a report showed Tuesday, flouting its own guidelines and raising questions about its ability to detect election falsehoods.

International campaign group Global Witness created 16 ads targeting Irish audiences with false information about this week's EU elections and tried to get them approved by three platforms – TikTok, Google-owned YouTube and Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter).

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