Posted on 10/28/2020 10:42:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
TikTok will ‘reduce discoverability’ of content that prematurely claims victory on election day before results are officially confirmed by the Associated Press, the video-sharing platform announced on Wednesday, following competitors like Facebook who have also committed to doing the same.
Key Facts
TikTok will also limit the distribution of any claims that can’t be verified or conclusively fact-checked “out of an abundance of caution,” the company said in a blog post outlining its election day measures.
On videos carrying unverifiable claims, Tiktok will add a banner on top that points viewers to its election guide page, which it had launched last month.
The labels will show up on all videos with unverifiable claims about voting, premature victory declarations, or attempts to dissuade voters by exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic. Crucial Quote
TikTok has in the past strongly expressed its intent to stay out of news and politics. The platform’s head of safety, Eric Han, highlighted this stance in the blog post announcing these measures, stating, “ TikTok isn't an app built around political debates or real-time news.” Key Background
On Tuesday, Google announced that it will ban all ads related to the U.S. elections after polls close on November 3 to avoid causing any confusion about the results.
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Oh, that is right, the same masters of the universe in charge of these tech companies.
Which part of the Constitution gives responsibility for “election calling” to the Associated Press?
Who do these bastards think they are??
Or just protecting their Chinese investments in Biden?
It’s in the penumbra......................somewhere...............
There’s a massive amount of pro Trump support on TickTock I don’t think they can contain this
This strategy keeps all the polling result data out of the general public until the skew it to a Biden win. All of these tech companies need to be broken up and not permitted to censor information.
The Ministry of Truth...................
Electoral college decides who wins.....
I guess these fools don’t know that
Trump should announce ahead of time that on election night he will be sending out his comments on Parler in addition to Twitter in case Twitter tries to censor him.
ChiComs.
Shut down all social media for the election. Then leave it shut down.
Yes the ap owned by the PRCs will wait and in some weird commie no religion way, will PRAY Fingers and KamalaToe Win:-)
Opening in Honor Of (President Donald Trump)
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You know, I always thought that the Electoral College was the decider of who won.
Today, I discovered that this duty falls to the Associated Press.
So now TikTok is a publisher and thus responsible for everything they publish on their site?
Don’t worry. I’m sure this will be applied fairly. People claiming an early Biden victory will be treated the same as people claiming an early Trump victory.
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