TikTok removed hundreds of thousands of videos spreading misinformation about the election and COVID-19

Even the video platform made for dance clips and viral challenges isn’t safe from misinformation.

According to TikTok, the company removed more than 340,000 videos in the U.S. during the second half of 2020 for spreading "election misinformation, disinformation, or manipulated media." During that same period, TikTok also...