Elections: Tictoc removes more than 45,000 false accounts and removes more than 270 things in Portugal
Tictok has announced that it will remove more than 45,000 false accounts and 270 content in violation of election integrity in Portugal. The platform has also blocked spam accounts and prevents a million fake interests and followers.
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The Tictoc has removed more than 45,000 false accounts and removes more than 270 content in violation of election integrity policies in Portugal, the platform announced in a statement on Tuesday. These actions are part of the criteria package followed by the Social Network to protect the integrity before the Portuguese elections scheduled this Sunday on May 18.
Between April 14 and 27, the Tictoc also prevented creating more than 7,400 spam accounts and avoided more than 1.4 million fake interests and 942,000 requests from false followers.
In more than 270 content removed by the platform, more than 98% of the complaint was removed before any complaint, as they were “violated by civic and electoral integrity, false information and content policies that arise through artificial intelligence.”
In order to assist users in accessing reliable information, he launched the Electoral Center on the 18th of the TTITOCK with tips to identify the official election commission data, important dates and false information. Research on the entire content or theme with election information has been identified and connected to this center.
In this statement, the Chinese digital giant guarantees that the Portuguese will not find foreign influence activities for the election. However, he said that he would take special teams for any effort of external intervention.
Elections in Romania were canceled after controversy with Tictok
Oh Romania’s case This is one of the latest and serious examples of the influence of Tictoc in the election process. In November 2024, the Constitutional Court canceled the first lap of the presidential election in an unprecedented decision. The Romanian Secret Services denies a vast manipulation campaign to take place on the platform.
The operation, which is connected to the Russian pro-Russian groups, has more than 25 thousand coordinated network accounts, which has been cut in the right-day candidate Calin Georges, to get 5% to 23% of the election, topped the election race.
In view of suspicions, the European Commission has launched a formal process against the Tictok for failures to confirm the integrity of the election. Brussels company alleges that the risks of external intervention are not being assessed or reduced. In response, the Tictoc has announced additional measures to remove nearly 93,000 fake profiles and create a Romanian election center.
