Tiktok has failed to control the content.
Tiktok was quickly filled with war-related content after the Russian invasion began. AOP
Tiktok released an update on Tuesday bulletin, in which the Chinese service announced its efforts to stop the spread of false information about Russia ‘s invasion of Ukraine more and more effectively. It would seem that these efforts have not borne fruit.
At the beginning of March, Tiktok said that it had blocked the transfer of false information from Russia to the platform and suspended the use of the service in the country. Russia’s new law, which criminalizes “false news,” is also affected.
Although the content has been ostensibly frozen, there are accounts in the service managed by the Russian state that have still published the content.
“Our highest priority is the safety of our employees and users, and in light of Russia’s new law on fake news, we have no choice but to suspend live and new content on our video service in Russia when we look at the law’s security implications,” Tiktok’s blog said in early March.
Tiktok has added a separate entry to 49 accounts managed by the Russian state. Despite these entries, some accounts have been able to report TechCrunchin to publish new content.
TechChrunch reports the account of Russian news agency Ria Novost, which shared a video accusing the Ukrainian military of refusing to provide treatment to wounded civilians in Mariupol. At the time of writing, that account still exists, but its contents are not visible.
TechCrunch also mentions other Russian state-owned channels, such as Sputnik, which has yet released content at the end of March. Also, the content of these channels is now hidden, but the channels still exist.
Tiktok has announced that it has increased its moderation related to Russian content and marked the content with a warning that the content could not be verified. According to the newspaper, there has been no such announcement in the Russian state videos that TechCrunch reviews.
In a press release, Tiktok said it had deleted 321,784 fake accounts in Russia and 46,298 fake accounts in Ukraine between February 24 and March 31, resulting in the loss of 343,961 videos from the service.