TikTok Approved Election Misinformation Ads, Despite Ban

• TikTok approved ads containing election misinformation, despite its ban on political ads, according to Global Witness.
• The watchdog group submitted ads to test social media companies' content-moderation systems.
• TikTok approved four out of eight ads containing election falsehoods.
• The ads were pulled before they went online.
• Facebook and Google's YouTube performed better, with YouTube requiring more identification before publishing ads.

Source: The Fast Company