TikTok will have a team dedicated to monitoring the elections in Gagauzia. The specialists will identify false information and work with the Reuters news agency to that end.
To combat election disinformation, the platform will direct users to official sources and add election-related labels to certain content and search results, reports newsmaker.md. Users will also have access to verified information about voting and guides to countering disinformation.
Authorities will be able to report posts that violate electoral law through dedicated channels. Flagged content will be reviewed by moderators familiar with local languages, as well as through a partnership with Reuters to fact-check information in the Republic of Moldova.
TikTok reiterates that paid political advertising and covert influence operations are prohibited, including those involving coordinated networks of accounts and bots.