As millions of people in Turkey prepare to cast their votes in the general and presidential elections that will take place on May 14, TikTok has taken new steps for its community to access accurate and verified information during the election process.
TikTok works with artificial intelligence and more than 40,000 security experts around the world to enforce Community Guidelines, which include detecting and limiting the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
New Steps from TikTok to Fight Disinformation
In order to better understand the impact of disinformation on society, it has published a report titled Digital Literacy in Turkey in cooperation with the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM).
The report, the announcement of which was postponed due to the earthquake disaster in our country in February, 63 percent of revealed that he thinks most of the information on the internet does not reflect the truth.
According to the report also:
– Peoples 59 percent considers information shared by a trusted international or national institution;
– Peoples 52 percent believes sources of information are reliable when shared by friends and family
– Peoples if 71 percent does not take anonymous accounts seriously, but this trend is in the 18-24 age group to 61.5 percent falling up.
TikTok Turkey and Levant Region Public Policy Manager and TikTok Türkiye spokesperson Emir GelenStating that TikTok is not actually an application that centers on political discussions and political content, he uses the following expressions;
“We have never positioned TikTok as a platform that focuses on politics, political discussions, social and political developments that will affect the society, and hot news. However, at this point, it is a fact that millions of people in Turkey produce content about elections on TikTok.
So we continue to work to keep TikTok a safe place for everyone. We are happy to feature all content that complies with our Community Guidelines, which are the basis of this security commitment, on our platform, and we will continue to do so.”
TikTok’s Efforts to Combat Disinformation and Mesinformation
Emphasizing that disinformation (false information) and meinformation (intentionally spreading misinformation) that we hear frequently in the industry are not a new problem that social networks and media organs have to deal with. Incoming Order He continued his words as follows;
“Disinformation and misinformation are not a new problem, but the massive increase in internet use around the world has brought an old problem back to us in a different way. We are aware of the impact of misinformation on public health, electoral processes, reducing confidence in facts and science. We continue our determined work on this issue”
Incoming He made the following comment on the subject: “Context and fact-checking (confirmation) is critical to consistently and accurately enforcing disinformation policies.
Therefore, although TikTok uses all kinds of technological possibilities, especially machine learning, to help detect potential misinformation, today’s approach is ultimately based on the moderation team’s assessment, approval and removal of misinformation violations.”