How TikTok's Moderators Are Stopping Disinformation On The App Ahead Of Midterms



NBC News’ Hallie Jackson sat down and spoke with two TikTok moderators on how to stop disinformation before it gets to viewers ahead of the midterm elections, searching for political misinformation including conspiracy theories or hate speech.

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38 comments

  1. Truth: they are spreading the 'theories' and therefore creating a fog of war around truth while also playing the side of–"their theories are hurting us", when they guillotine the 'theory' side it will also include the truth within it.

  2. Isn't TikTok a Chinese company? China's government is able to override company policies in their country, aren't they? Why would fighting misinformation in our election benefit China's communist government?

  3. a Chinese company that has algorithms to control dumb minds? you don't say ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

  4. They must not be doing a good job because my one conspiracy theory friend is still sending me conspiracy theories on tiktok, which ignore every one of them because none of them have any base evidence, only speculation and hearsay

  5. https://youtu.be/rDdKsPUsteo "Disinformation"? Like NBC airing a news story then hours later scrubbing it from the internet? Why was it scrubbed? Did it contain "disinformation" or did it contain facts NBC decided their viewers would not be allowed to hear? Is it any wonder more people trust podcasts and livestreams produced in garages and basements more than they trust NBC News?

  6. 99% of network television news outlets the internet is in the control of the Democratic party aside from Fox News if there is this information it has to come from the largest group who control the media and those are the Democrats Hollywood movie industry the music industry the sports industry the network television and the media or all in the control of the Democrats they vote Democrat they all push the Democratic party ideologies and only billions and billions of dollars to the Democratic party from CNN to ABC from MSNBC to The Washington Post New York times every major outlet is brilliantly controlled by the Democratic party just like Adolf Hitler's ideology if when the Nazis have full control of the media in Germany

  7. doesn't the white house employ tik tok "stars" for social media boosts and you think people dont know they're is a bias and as quoted by the moderators they dont even know how to do the job but yeah let them decide whats truth or fiction

  8. NBC stop lying to the American people!!!!!!!!

  9. Now i prefer Tik Tok then Twitter.

  10. Tictok is such a stupid worthless waste of time

  11. Are you protecting us from the number of dislikes here? Have the number of dislikes been deemed "misinformation "? 7.18 views 250 likes…. "math is racist"?

  12. So are not intelligent enough to discern truth from lies so you will decide for us and "procect" us from what you decide is false? What could possibly go wrong?

  13. Not happy till Tictoc packs there sh.t up and leaves anybody gets information from them are loosers

  14. How about NBC stops interfering with elections with suppression

  15. Miss information or freedom of speach

  16. Tik tok is still operated by byte dance, the Chinese company, and they're ruled and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

  17. Tiktok is very toxic for young people! Increasing mental illness and narcissistic behavior ๐Ÿ˜’

  18. Yea, as someone who battles with the Conservative right and constantly gets banned for calling them out while they spew Hate speech, Harass and Bully people, and purposely of provoke others.

  19. THE QOP CULTS SHOULD BE IN PRISON

  20. China owns it get off it while you can

  21. Imagine actually having the nerve to report on "misinformation" after daily pushing the Russia hoax for years. NBC is fake news, exhibited by their coverage of the Paul Pelosi incident.

  22. Do you know what country owns TIK TOC???

  23. Can't wait until they block TikTok!

  24. Politics in general revolves around misinformation…. how does tik tok make it any easier….

  25. Pendejos ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ #masputo

  26. This is 100% truth the government should be concerned

  27. You mean the Chinese government?

  28. My greatest happiness is the $ 30,000 bi – weekly profit I get consistently from my $ 40,000 investment despite the economic fluctuation

  29. Yeaaah, you're trusting an APP CONTROLLED BY THE CCP to give you unbiased political advice? The app is already geared towards shredding apart and destroying culture, but yeah, at least the political info mods make sure you can't see what they don't want you to..

  30. 29, never touched app.
    Seen few clips,mainly from Youtubers I enjoy that post it here.
    I don't pay attention to social media and most news.

  31. Do you not realize if you're on TikTok you're a traitor. It's owned by the commie Chinese.

  32. Removed 60,000 videos out of LITERALLY 10's of millions daily? That is the equivalent of saying we donate a penny a week to fight poverty and homelessness.