TikTok refused to host disguised account for Chinese government


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Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty Images TikTok has said it refused an attempt by the Chinese government to open a disguised account on the platform for the purpose of spreading propaganda. The Chinese-owned social video app said the move was refused because the account would have violated its guidelines. Bloomberg reported that in April 2020 a message was sent to Elizabeth Kanter, TikTok’s head of government relations for the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Israel, raising a “Chinese government entity that’s interested in joining TikTok but would not want to be openly seen as a government account as the main purpose is for...