6 Aug: Poynter: Why claims of hypocrisy work in the spread of misinformation
This is the August 6, 2020 edition of Factually
by Harrison Mantas and Susan Benkelman
. . . technology
•Tik Tok announced in a blog post it would ban deepfakes on the platform to cut down on the spread of disinformation.
•Vanessa Pappas, TikTok’s general manager of U.S. operations, said the intent was to protect users from, “content that misleads users by distorting the truth of events in a way that could cause harm.”
***•Pappas also announced TikTok is partnering with PolitiFact and LeadStories to help with fact-checking in this year’s U.S. presidential election...
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/why-claims-of-hypocrisy-work-in-the-spread-of-misinformation/
Corp is abusing it, make me get on it twice a day to rehash what they rehashed the day before and the days/weeks prior.