They were spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine to Europeans by impersonating local users, the company said in its EU report
The Chinese social media TikTok blocked 1,686 accounts – all of them linked to a single network of pro-Russian propaganda.
They were spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine to Europeans by impersonating local users, the company said in a report to the EU. This is the biggest blocking of Russian propaganda on TikTok since the start of the war, the Bloomberg.
In total, the accounts included in the pro-Russian network had approximately 130,000 subscribers (an average of 76 subscribers per account). The network was created in July 2022.
The videos that appeared on the fake accounts were aimed at its residents Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Content was created in the respective languages ​​using speech synthesis software.
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