TikTok shut down 2 networks of pro-Russian influencers who tried to mislead users about the war in Ukraine

Sun, 02/12/2023 - 05:55

The pro-Russian accounts amassed some 133,000 followers before being identified, TikTok said.

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TikTok uncovered two networks of pro-Russian TikTokers last year, TikTok said in a report on Thursday.
Most of these accounts operated from Russia but pretended to be based in Europe.
They used speech synthesis software to spread pro-Russian propaganda in various languages.

TikTok said it shut down two coordinated networks of about 1,700 pro-Russian influencers who attempted to use the platform to mislead Europeans about the Ukraine war.