Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok still approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads.

Just weeks before the US presidential election, Facebook and TikTok approved ads containing harmful election disinformation. This is despite a similar Global Witness investigation published two years earlier that found failures in their moderation systems.

A study, part of an ongoing campaign in different primary schools about safe online spaces by children, has revealed that majority of Ugandan youngsters are more familiar with TikTok and WhatsApp as compared to other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

Global Witness tests social media platforms' ability to detect election misinformation, TikTok approved false ads despite ban.

Less than three weeks before the presidential election, TikTok is still struggling to consistently enforce its long-standing ban on political advertising, a new report finds. In September, researchers from the nonprofit Global Witness tested the political ad moderation systems of three leading social media platforms - TikTok,