Uvalde 'conspiracy' among TikTok's recommended searches, report says


When searching for January 6 investigation committee, TikTok takes users to top videos where Texas Sen. Ted Cruz questions an FBI official about a conspiracy theory that a federal informant encouraged rioters to get violent with police. The FBI has since debunked that theory. — AFP

The age of how people consume news continues to change as more and more people look to platforms like TikTok to get their updates. But a new report points out how easy it is to find misinformation on the platform through the recommended searches that lead people to videos on a "Uvalde conspiracy."

The report from NewsGuard Tech, an online trust rating software company, looked at data from across seven countries of how misinformation is being spread to users across various digital platforms. This misinformation report states that TikTok's search engine is used to "pump toxic misinformation" and a July report states Gen Z kids are using TikTok over Google as a search engine.

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