TikTok and Facebook fail to block election disinformation ads in Global Witness test
Global Witness submitted ads containing false election information to TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. TikTok approved 50% of the ads, and Facebook approved one, despite policies prohibiting such content. YouTube required additional identification before publishing. The ads were deleted before publication. TikTok acknowledged that its machine moderation system approved the ads in error and said it would use the findings to improve detection.
- Date it happened
- 2024-10-01
- Organisation involved
- TikTok
- Product, system or model
- TikTok ad moderation system
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