TikTok’s latest actions to combat misinformation shows it’s not just a U.S. problem

When we talk about the term “fake news,” most people likely picture a certain person who made the term infamous. 

And when we talk about misinformation and disinformation, many will remember the “Russian troll farms” that popped up during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and were unmasked and shut down during former president Barack Obama’s final days in office. 

But a few recent actions from TikTok, the most popular online social media platform, show that the problem of spreading …

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