TikTok on Thursday said it was putting restrictions on state-backed media to counter acts of foreign influence on the platform during an important election year in multiple countries.
The move comes after the United States handed TikTok an ultimatum to divest from its Chinese owners or face a potential ban in the US market, based on concerns the app could be used to influence Americans.
Under TikTok's new policy, state-affiliated media attempting to reach communities outside their home country on "current global events and affairs" will be barred from appearing on the platform's personalized "For You" feed.
Furthermore, if these accounts advertise on TikTok, they will not be allowed to do so "outside of the country with which they are primarily affiliated," the company stated.
TikTok defines state-affiliated media as those "whose editorial output or decision-making process is subject to control or influence by a government."
TikTok also revealed that in the first four months of 2024, it identified and disrupted 15 influence operations and 3,001 associated accounts.
"We found that a majority of these networks were attempting to influence political discourse among their target audience, including in relation to elections," the company said in a blog statement.
As examples, TikTok cited disrupting a network targeting Indonesians ahead of the country's presidential elections earlier this year, and another "artificially amplifying narratives" about the domestic political discourse in Britain.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
Elon Musk Faces Backlash After 'No Limit' Interview With Trump
Rare 1 Penny Coin With 'Unique' Date Fetches Over Rs 1 Crore At Auction TikTok Maker ByteDance Launches Text-To-Video AI App Rivaling OpenAI's Sora TikTok Withdraws Rewards Feature From 'Lite' Version In France, Spain 150 mg Semen In Kolkata Doctor's Body, Suspect Gang-Rape: Parents To Court 2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing Vandalism At Kolkata Hospital Where Doctor Was Raped, Tear Gas Fired Taylor Swift To Return To Stage For Eras Tour After Vienna Attack Plot "140 Crore Indians Worried About Safety Of Hindus In Bangladesh": PM Modi G20 Nations Couldn't Do, India Did, Met Paris Accord Target Before Time: PM Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.