Security News > 2022 > August > TikTok wants your trust around US midterm elections data

TikTok has joined Twitter in publishing new US midterm misinformation rules, with considerable crossover in scope and style.

Eric Han, TikTok's head of US safety, shared in a blog post that the social video platform is taking a variety of steps to provide access to authoritative information and counter election misinformation.

The Election Center will also include links to videos on how to think critically about content viewed online, and Han said that any action that requires a user to share information will direct them outside of the app, where he said TikTok won't have access to the data or activity.

Like Twitter, TikTok has become a hotbed of misinformation.

Over concerns with its ban on political advertising, TikTok said it would be working to make it clear when influencers are paid to create political content, which is also against TikTok's terms.

Like Twitter, TikTok will also inform viewers when they try to share content that has been flagged as unsubstantiated, but will still allow the content to be shared.

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