In conversation with journalists, Expert highlighted three poles that guide the platform during the electionBy partnerships, protection and training.
During the election campaigns, Franciska explained at the scapo that was looking for the platform “Eliminate malicious false information on electoral processes regardless of intentionSetting up a partnership with the verifiers of facts to assess the accuracy of the subjects “.
If the verification of facts is incomplete, the platform limits the content distribution in users“With thousands of content moderators supporting EU (European Union) languages.”
During the show in Lisbon, the expert showed it, “In the fourth quarter of 2024, 99% of the total content of the electorate and civil false information was eliminated before communicating us”.
To Lusa Agency, he said at Scapo “Follows the rules of the platform DSA .
To transmit “safe content to customers”, The official said there was “zero tolerance” in relation to false content or cheatersBecause the Tictoc is a platform “focusing on the sidewalk and creativity”.
In terms of consumer training, Franciska is highlighted at Scapo Platform Media Literacy Campaigns For example, people together with partners who help “separate the facts from false content”.
To Europe Tictoc has 14 partnership with local Fact Verification platformsHe has polygraph as part of the team in Portugal.
From these three principles, Franciska was speaking to Lusa in Scapo Tictok “has the same policy for every global election, so it is national, parliamentary elections, referendum or local elections”Because “every election is important and it is necessary to judge the integrity of the society.”
In terms of civil integrity, he also described it in Scapo Platform uses a variety of information to assess cover effect activitiesChanging the open debate by coordination, fraudulent systems or a model that goes through consumers, as well as “to influence community beliefs and opinions.”
“There is a special team that works with coverage effect activities, so we have a certain approach on this. So when these types of activities are found, it will be removed from the platform, ”he said.
Social Network conducts strategy in legislatures in Portugal
In the Portuguese Legislatures of Tiger May 18, the same strategy is to deal with the false information used in various international electionsLike Germany or the United States, it is successful.
“We always have a place to improve, but we think that our system is a vision. Last year we used it in 150 elections worldwide and showed that it would be successful“At the Franciska Scapo, the strategy is being used in the next election in Portugal and it has already been used in the legislatures in Portugal in March 2024.
There will be a strategy in question Three -Step process to deal with false information in Tictok And it goes through, in the first step The use of artificial intelligence mechanisms that identify false information content or violate social network rulesLike violent films.
However, because this process is not “100% effective”, Social network content also uses moderators, which are published to ensure that publications should remove them.
In Portugal, a total of 3.9 million monthly property users have 160 content moderatorsWith the improvement of artificial intelligence models he uses, the Tictoc hopes that the professionals he use will have to deal with less and less incorrect information.
If the content has some questions about moderators, the Tictoc has a partnership with local entities, then it comes into effect to determine the truth of the content.
In the case of election, to this simple process of Tictoc, Also adds a “task force” specifically created for the purposeIt is already working in the Portuguese Legislative Assembly elections and is accompanied by experts in various sectors who oversee election campaigns.
This strategy is one of the elections used Romanian President December 2024The Romanian candidate, which was mainly promoted at the Tictok, won the unexpected in the first lap of Calin Georges, and the Romanian Supreme Court canceled the claim that they were influenced by Russia.
Asked about this specific case, which led to European Commission to start an investigation to Tictok for election intervention.
“That’s why we’re confident and I want to point it too We are cooperating and sharing information with the European Commission on the ongoing investigation“However, there is no change in this strategy due to the Romanian election, and there is only 120 people in the task force responsible for election supervision, however, without specifying the total number of employees that compose it.
Writing Note: This news has been updated with further information on Tictoc’s strategy for the Legislative Assembly election in Portugal (Last update: 16H54)
