We have worked to protect the integrity of our platform through more than 200 elections around the world since 2020 alone, including Germany, Croatia, Poland, Romania and other European elections already this year, and we are committed to maintaining a civil place for people to express themselves and build community. Today, we're sharing more on how we maintain the platform's integrity during the parliamentary elections in Czechia.
Protecting the integrity of our platform
We undertake broad efforts to safeguard TikTok’s integrity during elections. This work is led by our Elections Taskforce, which is made up of experts in cybersecurity, deceptive activities, misinformation, and election integrity. The Taskforce spearheads our efforts to protect our platform using both advanced moderation technology and human moderation, and works in parallel with local moderators. They continue to diligently protect our community to help ensure people can safely express themselves on topics that matter to them, applying a variety of measures to enforce the policies laid out in our global election integrity hub.
We actively cooperate with relevant authorities around elections, including local Digital Service Coordinator CTU (Czech Telecommunication Office), providing them with dedicated channels through which they can report content they believe may violate either our Community Guidelines or applicable laws. We also continue to support the Rapid Response System as part of the European Union's Code of Conduct on Disinformation framework, which helps to address urgent challenges that may threaten the integrity of the electoral process. Researchers from local institutions, including accredited researchers from Charles University, Czech University of Life Sciences, are approved to use our API for Researchers and Academia on topics like political content and recommendation systems, disinformation and others.
Connecting people to trusted sources of information
To make it easy to find authoritative information about voting and the election, we launched an in-app election center on September 4th, along with dedicated search prompts that direct users to it. The Election Center links users to Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky 2025 - Volby, the official source of information on elections and also provides an overview of the election in Czechia with useful information such as important dates, the election process overall and key related TikTok policies. During the Election period, we also apply dedicated video tags to relevant newly appearing, as well as all GPPPA account posted content, encouraging users to visit the Elections Center with just one click. Additionally, a dedicated notice tag will appear on elections-related TikTok LIVEs, encouraging users to visit the Election Centre.
This is part of the wider work we do to empower people with authoritative information on TikTok and give them important context about content and accounts. We also label state-affiliated media accounts, provide verified badges for accounts to signal they're authentic, and require creators to label realistic AI-generated content while providing tools to make this easy to do.
Promoting media literacy
Empowering our community is a key pillar of our strategy, and we continue to invest in media literacy initiatives to equip our community with the skills they need to critically assess the content online, identify misinformation, and access reliable sources.
Ahead of the elections in Czechia, we will launch a media literacy campaign in collaboration with the local fact-checking company, Demagog and media partners such as iDnes, Aktuálně and Blesk, which will encourage critical thinking and help the community distinguish fact from fiction when viewing content online.
As part of this campaign, our partners are creating a series of educational videos explaining how users can recognize and avoid misinformation, while empowering them with the tools needed to critically evaluate online content and guiding them towards official sources. These videos will be available to the community via the Election Center, as well as a media literacy microsite and we will actively promote them for visibility throughout the elections period.
Combating harmful misinformation
We protect our community by enforcing firm policies against harmful misinformation and attempts to deceive our community. To do that, we invest in advanced moderation technologies and thousands of safety professionals who work together to protect our community, including with our Elections Taskforce focused on Czechia.
We prohibit harmful misinformation and may label unverified content, make it ineligible for recommendation, and prompt people to reconsider before sharing. We work with more than 20 fact-checking organizations globally to assess the accuracy of content so that our teams can apply those policies accurately, including LeadStories, our fact-checking partner for Czechia.
Deterring deceptive activity
We are highly vigilant against attempts to undermine authentic interactions on TikTok, and have teams who work full-time to disrupt deceptive behaviors.
We prohibit "covert influence operations," where networks of accounts misleadingly work together in an attempt to influence public discussion on important social issues (we report these network disruptions in our Transparency Center). We also prohibit impersonation or attempts to artificially boost content through fake engagement like bot networks.
Preventing misleading AI-generated content
To protect viewers from being misled, we require creators to label realistic AI-generated content (AIGC) and have consistently been industry leaders in adopting new AI labeling tools and technologies—including a labeling toggle for creators, and C2PA Content Credentials that enables us to identify AIGC made on other platforms.
Harmful AIGC is not allowed, even if labeled. That includes AIGC that falsely depicts public figures making an endorsement, being endorsed, or being bullied or harassed.
Prohibiting Paid Ads
As an entertainment platform, we've long prohibited paid political advertising on TikTok because we don't believe it's conducive to authentic, creative TikTok experiences. Accounts belonging to governments, politicians or political parties ("GPPPAs") are not allowed to use advertising or monetization features, and are subject to additional dedicated rules given the public interest role play they play in civic processes.
We are constantly working to maintain the integrity of our platform, especially during elections. In Czechia, we'll continue to invest to stay ahead of potential threats while continuing to make it easy to find reliable sources of information for those engaging with election content on our app.