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In this file photo taken on April 13, 2020, the social media application logo, TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone, in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery, AFP/File

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Johnson Manabat

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173803716955920200313-tiktok-logo-AFP-.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">In this file photo taken on April 13, 2020, the social media application logo, TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone, in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery, AFP/File </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and TikTok Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday  for the 2025 polls.</p><p>The agreement aims to help facilitate transparent elections and digital integrity.</p><p>Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia said the poll body and the video-sharing platform would conduct several activities as part of its information dissemination, including briefings on TikTok community guidelines and safety enforcement tools</p><p>“They will have to brief the candidates on what TikTok is expecting them to do whenever they are going to use the platform although wala nga yung political advertisement,” Garcia said.</p><p>“Hopefully yung mga activities na yan will redound to only one benefit and that is fighting misinformation and disinformation using TikTok as a platform,” Garcia added.</p><p>TikTok and Comelec will also release a podcast episode on what to do during election day.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/21/social-media-platforms-vow-to-support-comelec-fight-vs-disinformation-1800">Social media platforms vow to support Comelec fight vs disinformation</a></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABTm1zrnfCDKGm9P&amp;activation=adfill-onview&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><p>Peachy Paderna, public policy manager of TikTok Philippines said, it had more than 21 partner fact checkers globally.</p><p>“We don’t allow harmful misinformation on the platform that may disrupt our electoral processes in the country. That’s part of our elections integrity initiative,” Paderna said.</p><p>“In terms of moderation, we have machines systems, human reviewers, and also we will rely on community reports to make sure that what we have on the platform is reliable and what we also have is a partnership with fact checkers,” she said. “We label information that is unverified on the platform. We will continue doing that across the election cycle and beyond.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/20/pnp-to-tackle-fake-news-electronic-vote-buying-in-2025-polls-1349">PNP to tackle fake news, electronic vote-buying in 2025 polls</a></div><p>The social media platform encouraged users to report content creators violating its community guidelines.</p><p>Paderna said political advertisement was banned on TikTok, which would also prohibit politicians from monetizing political content.</p><div><a href="https://abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/24/comelec-may-issue-order-obligating-candidates-to-attend-debates-0924">Comelec may issue order obligating candidates to attend debates</a></div><p>But she clarified that TikTok was not banning political statements on its platform.</p><p>“Community guidelines are what we want everybody to understand and follow and so any violation to our community guidelines would result in content taken down or an account taken down depending on the severity of the violation,” Paderna said.</p><p>“We don’t ban political expression on our platform. People are free to express himself politically on TikTok. But we don’t allow politicians, government and political parties to make money on the platform. We also don’t allow the monetization of political content,” she added.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/4/comelec-saddened-by-politicians-who-post-ads-ahead-of-campaign-period-1435">&#x27;Hinay-hinay lang&#x27;: Comelec saddened by politicians who post ads ahead of campaign period</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/27/comelec-resumes-ballot-printing-after-delays-1214">Comelec resumes ballot printing after delays</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/27/pnp-assures-comelec-oplan-katok-not-intended-to-harass-intimidate-anyone-1524">PNP assures Comelec &#x27;Oplan Katok&#x27; not intended to &#x27;harass, intimidate anyone&#x27;</a></div>

<p>The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and TikTok Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday for the 2025 polls.</p>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and TikTok Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday for the 2025 polls.

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Published January 28, 2025 12:08 PM PHT

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