HEADLINE | CYBER-MEDIA | REGULATIONS- TikTok CEO vows to keep political ads off platform

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew speaks on June 15 during the launch of the TikTok Socio-Economic Impact Report 2023 at The Ritz Carlton Pacific Place in Jakarta.(Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has promised that the popular video platform will uphold freedom of expression with “serious integrity” by refusing political advertisements, a hard-earned lesson through the company’s experience of elections in numerous countries.

“We do not want to […] profit from the election cycle. As a matter of global policy, we do not take any political advertisement dollars,” Chew said on Thursday at The Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place in Jakarta, during a press conference to mark the launch of the TikTok Socio-Economic Impact Report 2023.

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Acknowledging that social media platforms had become popular forums for expressing and discussing political ideas, Chew vowed that TikTok would be proactive and dedicated to preserving its integrity as a platform for expression by providing an “election hub”.

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Ruth Dea Juwita (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta   ●   Fri, June 16, 2023

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