TikTok Increases Its Efforts For The War Of Disinformation To Fulfill The European Union's Code Of Ethics

Pentingnya, direktur kebijakan publik dan hubungan pemerintah TikTok (foto: twitter @C flagungGreer)

JAKARTA - Chinese social media company TikTok on Thursday 9 February pledged to do more to address disinformation on its platform by adding more security features and expanding fact-checking measures. This is driven by the role played by state-controlled media and war in Ukraine.

Presenting his progress report on what he did to comply with the EU's improved code of practice of disinformation in the last six months, TikTok acknowledged the need to step up its efforts.

"While we are proud to be able to provide this detailed level of detail for the first time, we recognize that there is still a lot of work to be done. In the coming months, we are investing in a number of initiatives", said

TikTok will expand state-controlled media labels, step up action against Ukrainian-related disinformation, expand fact-checking programs across Europe to include more language coverage, and increase the volume of claims examined in fact," he said.

The company will also strengthen its approach to disinformation in its advertising policy.

TikTok said in the past six months it had removed 191 ads that violated the ban on political actors from advertising on its platform, and connected people to sources of official information about COVID-19, the Holocaust, war in Ukraine, and other topics.