The TikTok accounts may have all the trappings of a reliable news source — but they also may be hiding their affiliation with one of the nation’s most notorious far-right misinformation factories.
that Gays Against Groomers violated a guideline against “activities that promote hate, violence, or discriminatory intolerance.”
“coordinated inauthentic behavior” intended to mislead the public regarding “the account’s identity, location, relationships, popularity, or purpose.” Kayla Gogarty, a deputy research director at Media Matters, explains tohow omitting their affiliation with OAN helps the two hosts exploit TikTok’s extremely responsive engagement algorithms.
But Lewis, who has been documenting OAN’s rise in prominence, also points to how Escobedo and Summer’s presence on TikTok contradicts the network’s naked hostility towards the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
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