TikTok Failed to Prevent 90 Percent of Election Misinformation: Report
TikTok also approved ads that dismissed the integrity of the election, suggested the results could be hacked or were otherwise already pre-decided, and discouraged voters from turning out.
“This is no longer a new problem,” <a href="https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/facebook-and-tiktok-fail-block-deceptive-ads-blatant-us-midterms-disinformation/" target="_blank" said Global Witness Senior Advisor Jon Lloyd in an associated statement. “For years we have seen key democratic processes undermined by disinformation, lies, and hate being spread on social media platforms".
Evidence Indicates China Set to Target US Elections
Jeff Seldin | Voice of America WASHINGTON — China may be taking a page of the playbook used by Russia to meddle with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, targeting U.S. political action committees and various think tanks with spear-phishing emails. The observation by FireEye, a private cybersecurity firm, still leaves key questions unanswered. What information China […]
Hong Kong Court Bars Pro-Independence Lawmakers From Office in Oaths Row
Lam Kwok-lap | Radio Free Asia Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday ruled against two pro-independence lawmakers who used their swearing-in ceremony to make a political protest, formally barring them from taking up their seats after a high-level intervention from Beijing earlier this month. Lawmakers-elect Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching both vowed allegiance to the […]
A Declaration by Yao Lifa and 57 Other Candidates for People’s Representative in Qianjiang City, Hubei Province
Yao lifa | China Change This article was published first in China Change web site on November 6, 2016 Mr. Yao Lifa has been an advocate of grassroots elections in China since 1998. – The Editors We live on the lowest rung of society; we yearn for a brighter future. We think that changing the […]