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Fake TikTok Accounts Push Election Lies for Profit and Chaos

Fake TikTok Accounts Push Election Lies for Profit and Chaos

Update: 2024-08-09
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A Wall Street Journal investigation has found a flood of anti-Trump videos on TikTok, generated with the help of artificial intelligence and traced back to hidden overseas networks. WSJ reporters Georgia Wells and John West join host Zoe Thomas to discuss the lies and hyperbole these accounts push and the possible reasons for them.




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Fake TikTok Accounts Push Election Lies for Profit and Chaos

Fake TikTok Accounts Push Election Lies for Profit and Chaos

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