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TikTok says it will censor politicians who promote ‘misinformation’

TikTok has threatened to censor politicians it deems to be promoting “misinformation” in the run-up to the European elections.

Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has threatened to censor politicians it deems to be promoting “misinformation” in the run-up to elections in Europe later this year. The company also announced it would launch a series of in-app “Election Centres” for each of Europe’s 27 Member States in the run-up to the votes, where it says people will be able to find “trusted” information. Much of these concerns surround TikTok’s Chinese owner, Bytedance, with numerous publications reporting last year that the company might be handing over sensitive information about users to entities linked to the country’s ruling Communist party.

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