TikTok 'failing to meet its own standards' on vaccine misinformation

Social media platform TikTok is failing to attach links to trustworthy sources of information to many videos on its platform which contain misinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, according to new research. Picture: Getty 

Social media platform TikTok is failing to attach links to trustworthy sources of information to many videos on its platform which contain misinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, according to new research.

Last year, TikTok announced that it would be attaching a banner to vaccine-related videos advising users where they could access “verifiable, authoritative sources of information” about the coronavirus and vaccines.