On TikTok, audio gives a new virality to misinformation. “This function is being used exactly as TikTok designed it. The audio is being shared and reacted to. But the consequence is that it creates a feedback loop of anti-vaccine narratives.”
“You’re telling me in 40 years of research there is no vaccine for HIV … for cancer, no vaccine ... the common cold, no vaccine,” he said. “Yet in one year we’ve developed a vaccine for COVID-19 and you want me to take that … thanks, but no thanks.”
“People are using TikTok to post and host harmful Covid misinformation, and it’s highly popular,” said Ciaran O’Connor, The man behind the_alpha_k9, a relatively small account by TikTok standards, with about 28,000 followers, didn’t respond to requests for commentand the original video has been deleted. The video, a recitation of a popular anti-vaccine meme, would be flagged later in December by multiple platforms for misinformation andwho noted significant differences between the illnesses it cited and Covid-19, as well as a misunderstanding of mRNA vaccine development.
TikTok has promoted its crackdown on Covid-19 misinformation since then as part of a commitment to “keeping TikTok safe for creative expression throughout the pandemic,” according toThe report’s findings are likely to be only the tip of an iceberg.“TikTok is a bit of a walled garden,” O’Connor said, noting the challenges of tracking content on the platform. “Misinformation is harder to find but also harder for TikTok or fact-checkers to combat.
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