A bunch of TikTok users are reacting to impeachment news.
One girl literally took a false claim from Snopes, cropped the "false" rating out of it, and shared it with tens of thousands of people.
TikTok took the video down after WSJ inquired about it.
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One girl literally took a false claim from Snopes, cropped the "false" rating out of it, and shared it with tens of thousands of people.
TikTok took the video down after WSJ inquired about it.
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The false claim: that a president impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate is eligible to run for office two more times.
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Video is challenging to moderate bc it has visual & audio components- that makes it hard for AI to catch and time-consuming for humans to monitor.
Because TikTok is at the nascent stages of moderating content, it might not have the manpower to take on disinfo, says @Klonick.
Because TikTok is at the nascent stages of moderating content, it might not have the manpower to take on disinfo, says @Klonick.
@Klonick As my colleagues @georgia_wells & @EmilyGlazer previously reported, TikTok is being flooded with political content:
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Millions of young people are using the platform, and political operatives have noticed.
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Millions of young people are using the platform, and political operatives have noticed.
@Klonick @georgia_wells @EmilyGlazer Last but not least, since video bylines aren't obvious, a hat tip to my talented teammates @NailahMorgan @LaurizzleK @AdamBanicki & @emmatscott for helping me put this together.
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