The social media platform said the networks created fake accounts “to amplify narratives favouring certain politicians”.

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TikTok said it had shut down three “covert influence networks” and removed ... amid growing concerns over the role of social media in distorting the country’s political discourse.

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Short form video platform TikTok confirmed yesterday the existence of influence operations to support or attack candidates ...

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Valeria Marquez, 23, posted videos related to beauty and lifestyle, some of which had hundreds of thousands of views.

A report by cybersecurity company Refute uncovered a large-scale international influence operation targeting Romanian ...

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