ByteDance, the Chinese developer of the video portal TikTok, has declared a general ban on the spread of “misleading information”.
All TikTok content that spreads misinformation and thus “harms an individual’s health or public safety” should be removed, the company says.
Avoid “Facebook Mistakes”.
“TikTok has learned from the mistakes of platforms like Facebook. The company wants to avoid scandals about fake news or appearances in front of the US Congress, like Mark Zuckerberg's, as much as possible. After all, this is also about the share value. TikTok is already viewed with suspicion due to the possible intervention of the Chinese government. It remains to be seen whether the fight against misinformation can really be successful on such a large scale,” says social media consultant Felix Beilharz when asked by pressetext.
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ByteDance banned all political advertising from TikTok last October. Previously, bans on misinformation primarily focused on online fraud, but ByteDance says the focus will now be on inflammatory conspiracy theories.
Manipulated videos are prohibited
With this measure, TikTok differentiates itself from the social media platform Facebook, which, despite fact checks, relatively rarely intervenes in content. Facebook recently banned deepfake videos generated by algorithms (press release reported: http://pte.com/news/20200107007 ).
However, the company goes one step further and may also want to remove videos that have been manipulated by humans. This includes the video of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, in which she spoke at half speed, which made her appear drunk. Facebook has not removed this video.
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Source: pte
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