TikTok’s New Community Guidelines Ban Undermining Trust In Government And Scientific Institutions

TikTok, the widely popular video-sharing social media platform with disturbing links to Beijing-based corporation ByteDance, has announced it will soon enforce new “Community Guidelines” which will label any mistrust of governments, elections, or scientific bodies as “misinformation.”

TikTok announced that the new guidelines will be updated on March 7, 2022, to “help keep TikTok welcoming and entertaining for creators and viewers alike.”

Under the guidelines’ “Integrity and authenticity” section, TikTok announced, “We believe that trust forms the foundation of our community. We do not allow activities that may undermine the integrity of our platform or the authenticity of our users. We remove content or accounts that involve spam or fake engagement, impersonation, or misleading information that causes significant harm.”

Under a “Harmful misinformation,” TikTok’s guidelines continue.

Misinformation is defined as content that is inaccurate or false. We will remove misinformation that causes significant harm to individuals, our community, or the larger public regardless of intent. Significant harm includes serious physical injury, illness, or death; severe psychological trauma; large-scale property damage, and the undermining of public trust in civic institutions and processes such as governments, elections, and scientific bodies. This does not include simply inaccurate information, myths, or commercial or reputational harm.– READ MORE