"TikTok Intensifies Efforts to Combat Misinformation and Covert Influence Ahead of EU Elections"

TikTok plans to intensify its efforts against fake news and covert influence ahead of the European Parliament elections in June by launching local language "election centres" in all 27 EU member states to provide trusted information and combat misinformation. The company aims to work with local electoral commissions and civil society organizations to ensure users can easily discern fact from fiction, expand its fact-checking network, and launch additional media literacy campaigns. This move comes amid growing concerns about the spread of misinformation and the use of AI-generated deepfakes to influence elections, with 30% of European Parliament lawmakers already using TikTok.