A TikTok blog post, released Thursday, aims to dispel accusations that the social app is pushing a political agenda regarding the still unfolding Israel-Hamas conflict.
“Unfortunately, some misinformed commentators have mischaracterized our work to prevent the spread of hate speech and misinformation surrounding the crisis in Israel and Gaza, especially as it relates to antisemitism,” TokTok said.
In a blog titled ‘Ensuring a safe, authentic space during times of conflict’ posted on the company's website Thursday, TikTok said it’s been ramping up efforts to protect the global community from misinformation.
“We take these issues seriously, and it's imperative we set the record straight with facts… Hateful ideologies, like antisemitism, are not and have never been allowed on our platform.” the Chinese-owned short-form social video app said.
On October 7th, Hamas gunmen murdered 1,400 people in Israel during a surprise nighttime attack, while Israel's ensuing retaliation in Gaza has reportedly killed more than 9,000 Palestinians as of November 1st.
"Over the last few days, there has been unsound analysis of TikTok hashtag data around the conflict, causing some commentators to falsely insinuate TikTok is pushing pro-Palestine content over pro-Israel content to US users," the company said.
Providing an example to refute claims the app has pushed content in support of Palestine, TikTok provided the total number of viewers for hashtags in support of both causes.
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