TikTok bans political campaigning on its platform

[snoop1130]

(Centre) Jirapat Lee, head of platform policy at TikTok in Thailand.

 

The TikTok short video platform has announced that it will not allow political parties, politicians or paying advertisers to use it for political campaigning ahead of Thailand’s general election, tentatively scheduled for early May.

 

TikTok’s management said yesterday (Tuesday) that the ban is intended to prevent distortion of facts and the spread of fake news pertaining to the election, hate speech, extreme ideologies, to maintain TikTok’s integrity and to ensure the presentation of accurate and credible information in the lead-up to the election.

 

Jirapat Lee, head of platform policy at TikTok in Thailand, told the media that political advertisements amount to the use of money to promote political parties, which is prohibited on the TikTok platform, adding that accounts taking a political position will be included in the government, politician and political account (GPPPA) category.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tiktok-bans-political-campaigning-on-its-platform/

 

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[stoner]

people actually use tiktok ? suckers. 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

TikTok’s management said yesterday (Tuesday) that the ban is intended to prevent distortion of facts and the spread of fake news pertaining to the election, hate speech, extreme ideologies, to maintain TikTok’s integrity and to ensure the presentation of accurate and credible information in the lead-up to the election.

I wonder if FB will follow suit?

[bangon04]

"and to ensure the presentation of accurate and credible information in the lead-up to the election."

 

would that require the political parties to have any policies to talk about?