TikTok's application announces new tools to fight fakes on the eve of voting in Romania – media

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/5c/35/ib-FS0sunnvu_a08a6dbe.jpg" Alt = "Tiktok announces new tools to fight fakes on the eve of voting in Romania"/~ 62. Tiktok launches an election center to combat misinformation on the eve of the Romanian Presidential Elections. < p > reports & nbsp; euractiv.

< P > The technological company has announced the launch of the election center in the framework of its efforts to protect the presidential election scheduled for May 4 and 18.

~ ~ < P Data-yield-master-placement-inserked = "" ">The Center will include & laquo; cybersecurity experts, practice of cheating, misinformation and honesty of elections & raquo; < P > Tiktok also stated its intention to cooperate with national authorities and facts checking on the eve of elections to identify and report an online content that violates community rules.

~ ~ ~ ~ > < P > The company also confirmed that the signatories of the Code of Practice & Nbsp; EU & nbsp; nbsp; misinformation will be able to send Tiktok a message about misinformation and content that can affect the election, for its further removal. < p > from December, the company is under increased attention in accordance with the EU law on digital services (DSA) after the decision of the Romanian courts to cancel the national elections.

< P > The European Commission has launched official proceedings to evaluate whether Tiktok was able to protect the honesty of elections, in particular in connection with its recommendations and policy on political advertising and paid political content.

~ ~ > < P > As reported by Ukrinform, on November 24 last year in the first round of presidential elections in Romania won the little -known far -right pro -Russian politician Kelin Georgescu.

~ ~ ~ < P > Subsequently the Constitutional Court of Romania & nbsp; nbsp; revoked the results of the first round of presidential elections & nbsp; after accusations that Russia was conducting a coordinated online campaign to promote the ultra-right candidate who won the first round.