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    TikTok users being fed misleading election news, BBC finds
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    TikTok users being fed misleading election news, BBC finds

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    1. RatherFond on

      TikTok users not consuming the right misinformation; government authorised misinformation dealer complains

    3. cbob-yolo on

      This any different to us being fed BS on the news?

      Or from the actual candidates themselves?

    4. Suitable-Gas-7979 on

      There’s misinformation everywhere, even the BBC (looking at you Laura Kuenssberg)

    5. Mightysmurf1 on

      The only reason this is even in the news is because it most of the AI videos are Rishi-based. The BBC’s coverage of the election has been ridiculously Tory-bias this time around. What does Laura K. think of this?

      Want to know about Labours public energy company? Tough, here’s more Diane Abbot theater.

    6. circle1987 on

      Why don’t we just block out foreign social media from a set date up until post election? Ban Insta, Facebook, Shittok etc.

    7. HonestlyKindaOverIt on

      It’s not just TikTok though (although I do agree it’s a problem). The number of people who have totally wacky takes or who just do not understand what is going on is incredible. I know someone who at the last GE was terrified because she thought the conservatives would deport every single person who wasn’t white if they won. To this day, I’ve no idea where she got that from. It’s scary what people will believe.

    9. Purple_head_monster on

      Because the BBC are a bastion for sex offenders and non-biased news coverage. Who’s using TikTok as a reliable source for news anyway?!

    10. WillistheWillow on

      Gee, Chinese owned social media seeks to spread destablising misinformation?

      I. AM. SHOCKED!

    11. sim-pit on

      The same TikTok that’s being banned in the US because the Chinese Communist Party is using it to mislead people and sew disent in competing nations?

      Colour me surprised.

    12. father-fluffybottom on

      We need to be able to harshly, and I mean extremely harshly, punish people for deliberately generating misinformation for political gain.

    13. MoanyTonyBalony on

      TikTok is full of Reform bots which I fully support. They’re persuading all the stupid people to waste their votes instead of voting for the Tories.

    15. AnalThermometer on

      Return to the tradition of home-grown election interference from outlets like The Times or The Sun, owned by an unaccountable foreigner in Murdoch. Or Daily Mail group owned by a non-dom, that’s almost as good.