According to a report, the video sharing application TikTok is giving false information to users searching for news on topics including politics, climate change, coronavirus and the war in Ukraine.
An investigative report by Newsguard said it analyzed 27 TikTok searches in September and found that 19.5 percent of videos contained false or misleading claims.
The researchers say they compared TikTok and Google results for information on school shootings, abortion, the coronavirus, the US election, Russia's war on Ukraine and other news.
However, a TikTok spokesperson has said that the methodology used for the analysis is flawed.
According to the spokesperson, "Our community guidelines make it clear that we do not allow harmful information, including medical misinformation." And we remove false information from the platform.
On the other hand, there is concern regarding the use of TikTok and data sharing in the US.
On Wednesday, US senators questioned Tik Tok's chief operating officer, Vanessa Pappas, about whether Tik Tok could leak data to the Chinese government.
On which Vanessa Pappas said that the company never gave the data to the Chinese government.
According to US officials, ByteDance is the company that owns TikTok, which is funded by the Chinese government.
Alex Reuter, the former vice president of Twitter, told the US Senate that 'TikTok algorithm provides Chinese youth with science, engineering and math content while American children receive music videos, misinformation and other destructive content. Is.
Tik Tok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas has said that "according to our policies, misinformation, violent extremism and hateful behavior are not tolerated."
