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TikTok will launch localized election resources in its app to reach users in each of the European Union's 27 Member States next month and direct them TikTok will launch localized election resources in its app to reach users in each of the European Union's 27 Member States next month and direct them towards "trusted information", as part of its preparations to tackle disinformation risks related to regional elections this year.
ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok said on Wednesday it will ramp up its fight against fake news and covert influence operations in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June with a local language app in all 27 countries. Tiktok said the individual local language "election centers" build on work it first started in 2021, which accelerated last year when Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Spain went to the polls. The app is designed to better inform Europeans about the electoral process.
The social media app plans to work with local electoral commissions to provide ‘trusted and authoritative information’ ahead of 2024 European elections.…