Tik Tok detected accounts on your social network linked to Russia which, according to the platform, would be part of “covert operations” aimed at influencing the elections of USA who will give the presidency to Donald Trump Yeah Kamala HarrisThe company announced the deletion of these accounts, which it noted were associated with media outlets.
The platform verified that before doing so in the United States, these accounts were restricted in the European Union (EU) and in United KingdomApparently these are media related accounts. Russian Federation And TV News and “violating community standards.” They will be included in the report TikTok will release this month on “covert influence operations,” although the company has already said they were close. 7,800 accounts which have been deactivated by the platform for similar reasons, i.e. due to their links with networks of this type.
“State controlled”
Its overall content “was also not available to the channel For you“, relying on “state media policy”, with the aim of limiting attempts to influence the foreign public “on topics of world events and affairs.” The accounts were labeled as “state-controlled media”to provide “important context about the source of the content,” TikTok detailed.
“Elections are important times for conversation in the community. During this time, we continue to work to keep people safe and protect integrity of the TikTok platform for our more than 170 million community members in the United States,” the company explained.
For this reason, he added, he has “experts” in “democracy, elections, civil society, security and technology” who work “tirelessly” to “staying ahead of threats» : “We achieve this by implementing robust policies to prevent the spread of disinformation, collecting relevant election information, and collaborating with internal and external experts who help us continually assess and improve our posture.”
Russia is not the only region known to have attempted to interfere in the November 5 U.S. presidential election. A few days ago, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reported that theft of confidential information to Donald Trump by the Iranian Intelligence to make it easier to Joe Biden.
The emails containing the documents were received by individuals “associated with the Joe Biden campaign” in June and July, before the Democratic president withdrew his re-election bid and was replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris. Iranian cyber spies have also attempted filter private material from the Trump campaign to the media.
