Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok proudly announced its work to fact-check and crush free speech ahead of European Union elections.
TikTok patted itself on the back and claimed it is the app for “trusted and authoritative” election information in a Feb. 13 release. “Next month, we will launch a local language Election Centre in-app for each of the 27 individual EU Member States to ensure people can easily separate fact from fiction,” the app declared. Part of this election interference is censorship from a team of 6,000 EU content moderators, while users are encouraged to report content for censoring. TikTok will be using fact-checking, content removal, “media literacy campaigns” to counter alleged “misinformation,” and policies targeted at artificial intelligence (AI).
TikTok, which is owned by Chinese ByteDance, boasted about its…
