TikTok stance against misleading information on Bangladesh Election

In view of the twelfth national parliament election of Bangladesh scheduled on January 2024, the video-based social media TikTok has taken some initiatives to maintain the transparency and security of any election-related information. In a press release published on Wednesday evening, TikTok South Asia Head of Public Policy and Government Relations Ferdous Mottakin informedthematter. .

As informed in the press release, TikTok's Community Guidelines contain specific policies to prevent the spread of false information, violence and hate speech. Based on these rules, the social media will remove misleading information related to the election. It will consider other issues related to voter registration, candidate eligibility, ballot counting and election results. Content that incites fear among voters, disrupts voting, or incites violence is strictly prohibited as per TikTok's policy. These policies are enforced by TikTok's more than 40,000 employees and advanced technology. Apart from this, intelligence agencies, industry partners and social organizations are involved in this field.

TikTok has also worked with local and regional fact checkers to identify and remove false information about the election. Submissions that are for review or verification and are marked as false are restricted to the 'For You' feed. In addition, both TikTok users and video creators (content creators) are warned about misleading content.

A hub called 'Bangladesh Election Center' is going to be created on TikTok. Through this, users can know the correct information about the voting process, polling stations and other matters of the election. Where information is provided to users in local language.

TikTok has policies in place when it comes to serving political ads to keep users' experiences neutral and free. Any form of political campaigning, political advertising and political fundraising is prohibited on Tiktok. As a result, the use of accounts associated with the government, politicians or political parties will be limited on TikTok.

According to the press release, these efforts are to highlight TikTok as a responsible and reliable source of information.
TikTok takes such initiatives during national elections in various countries around the world. Details about TikTok's initiatives regarding Bangladesh elections can be found on this website .