Portaltic.-TikTok introduces warnings about unverified content to prevent it from being shared

MADRID, 3 (Portaltic / EP)

The social network TikTok will notify users when they go to share an unverified video in order to reduce its dissemination, following a test in which they have found that this perspective decreased the ratio of such content shared by 24 per one hundred .

Whenever the social network identifies a video as unverified, the user who encounters it will see a warning, in which said content has been marked, precisely, for not being able to be verified.

The warning, as explained from TikTok in a statement on his blog, will also reach the creator of the video. And a new window will be displayed in front of the user if you try to share it, although this time you will be given the option to continue your attempt.

The feature seeks to make users “aware of what they share.” It follows a test in which since Tiktok found that the ratio of sharing unverified content was reduced by 24 percent, and the indications of ‘Like’ by 7 percent.

Although it is a function designed for its implementation globally, the company has indicated that from today it is available in the United States and Canada, and that it will reach other countries “in the coming weeks.” .