TikTok says it disrupted more than a dozen influence campaigns this year

May 23 2024 by The Verge

 
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TikTok says it disrupted more than a dozen covert influence campaigns on the platform since January, including one originating from China.

In a blog post, the company announced it would begin publicly reporting on influence campaigns, where networks of accounts engage in coordinated efforts to sway political discourse. TikTok will share details of campaigns it detects and removes, saying it hopes it will “increase transparency about our work to aggressively...

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