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TikTok promoting hate and misinformation, says report

Social media applications. [iStockphoto]

TikTok is emerging as a hotbed for misinformation and hate speech in the upcoming General Election.

This is according to a new report about the video-sharing platform that found dozens of content that violate Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Act and TikTok’s own community guidelines.

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