TikTok Launches Information Center Service To Fight Misleading Rumors

TikTok application illustration (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The TikTok platform is still trying to get an operational permit in the United States (US). In the midst of the negotiation process, TikTok launched its own information center page that allows answering all issues related to the short video platform.

Launching from TechCrunch, the TikTokus.info page was launched to answer various issues and rumors aimed at the short video platform in the US. The website will contain company statements, related articles and media, FAQs and other information related to TikTok.

"Transparency is at our core, and we are committed to leading the industry in security and accountability. Today, we are taking another step to continue building trust with our TikTok community by conveying facts in our own words and in the words of leading experts in the field. cybersecurity, media and academics, because we do not support the dissemination of misinformation on our platform, or about our platform, "said TikTok, Tuesday, August 18.

According to TikTok, the website page entitled 'The Last Sunny Corner of The Internet' will answer the disinformation growing on social media, particularly users of this application in the US. ByteDance also reiterated that TikTok has never shared US user data in any form with the Chinese government.

TikTok hopes that the presence of this information center can answer all the rumors and concerns of its users regarding account security and issues of the Chinese government. Not only providing the latest information, TikTok has also launched an @tiktok_coms account on Twitter.

✔️no political misinfo✔️no health misinfo ✔️no census or voting misinfo ✔️no manipulated media See how TikTok stacks up when it comes to countering misinformation https://t.co/BJjjWhqicg via @ConsumerReports

- TikTok_Comms (@tiktok_comms) August 14, 2020

This Twitter account will share the latest information from the TikTok community and content creators on the platform. Both the information center page and the TikTok community account on Twitter, aim to share the latest news on efforts to ban this popular application from operating in the US.

In addition to the negotiation efforts of a number of companies looking to acquire TikTok businesses and operations in the US. The platform has also challenged US President Donald Trump's policies regarding his executive rules that prohibit TikTok from operating in Uncle Sam's country.