The report said that one in five suggested videos on top news topics contained misinformation.
A sign board displaying a warning that says, “Danger Due To Misinformation." When researchers searched for content on top news topics on TikTok, they found that almost 20 percent, or one in five, of the suggested videos, contained misinformationOn TikTok, when the researchers searched for 'hydroxychloroquine,' a video of a woman claiming to make the drug in her kitchen appeared.
While searching for information on the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, TikTok's top results yielded false and misleading claims, including references to conspiracy theories, said the report. A search of Russia's invasion of Ukraine also led to a few inaccurate videos.
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