How a TikTok network spreading Spanish-language immigration misinformation gained traction

How a TikTok network spreading Spanish-language immigration misinformation gained traction

Nearly 40 Spanish-language TikTok accounts, several even posing as Telemundo and Univision, spread falsehoods and remained undetected for at least a month.

The National Audiovisual Council has issued 37 orders in the last week to remove illegal content from the online environment, published on the TikTok, Youtube or Facebook platforms, accompanied by requests for the possible closure of some accounts, a statement said. The NAC decisions aim to remove reported illegal content, including redistributions and replications […]

A rumor that the headlines of the green card are banned from going out and re-entering the United States spread like gunpowder in TikTok this week, accumulating more than 21 million views on dozens of videos shared by a network of nearly 40 accounts, many of them posing as Spanish-language media to share misinformation about immigration.