*TikTok has banned dozens of accounts associated with state-owned Russian media, including RT and TV-Novosti, citing security concerns ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.*
*The move comes a week after another tech giant, Meta issued a similar ban, claiming the Kremlin-backed media outlets engage in deceptive influence operations. In a statement on Monday, TikTok also cited influence operations as the reason for removing accounts.*
*TikTok said it had previously tried to limit the visibility of Russian state-affiliated media in users’ feeds, labeling the accounts “to provide important context about the source of the content.”*
*According to RT, TikTok also removed nearly 40 accounts belonging to the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik. RT stated last week that TikTok did not explain why the accounts were deleted.*
*TikTok has not responded to Recorded Future News’ request for comment about how many Russian state media organizations were affected by the ban.*
There_Are_No_Heroes on
Well they better do something. Isn’t TikTok due for that ultimatum soon?
Bitter-Good-2540 on
Dozens lmao
designdk on
The CCP doesn’t want competition in shaping the minds of Americans on their active measures platform.
StarWars_and_SNL on
I doubt it’s the news accounts that are the real threat.
bailedwiththehay on
It’s gross how many blatantly false posts are on TikTok. I’ve tried reporting a bunch as election misinformation but always get a response from TikTok that the post did not violate community rules. TikTok (China) is in on this and is blocking ‘dozens’ of accounts to try to appear that they are doing something. This is a calculated drop in the bucket.
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Excerpts from [article](https://therecord.media/tiktok-russian-state-media-accounts-ban) by Daryna Antoniuk:
*TikTok has banned dozens of accounts associated with state-owned Russian media, including RT and TV-Novosti, citing security concerns ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.*
*The move comes a week after another tech giant, Meta issued a similar ban, claiming the Kremlin-backed media outlets engage in deceptive influence operations. In a statement on Monday, TikTok also cited influence operations as the reason for removing accounts.*
*TikTok said it had previously tried to limit the visibility of Russian state-affiliated media in users’ feeds, labeling the accounts “to provide important context about the source of the content.”*
*According to RT, TikTok also removed nearly 40 accounts belonging to the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik. RT stated last week that TikTok did not explain why the accounts were deleted.*
*TikTok has not responded to Recorded Future News’ request for comment about how many Russian state media organizations were affected by the ban.*
Well they better do something. Isn’t TikTok due for that ultimatum soon?
Dozens lmao
The CCP doesn’t want competition in shaping the minds of Americans on their active measures platform.
I doubt it’s the news accounts that are the real threat.
It’s gross how many blatantly false posts are on TikTok. I’ve tried reporting a bunch as election misinformation but always get a response from TikTok that the post did not violate community rules. TikTok (China) is in on this and is blocking ‘dozens’ of accounts to try to appear that they are doing something. This is a calculated drop in the bucket.