Unverified election claims or suspected paid politics
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Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Unverified claims about an election (e.g. 'all ballots are counted' before the final tally), statements that misrepresent official civic information (e.g. a false claim about a bill's text), or content that looks like paid political advertising.
What TikTok says
“Unverified claims about an election, such as claiming all ballots are counted before a final tally”
How to fix it
Cite the official source for election and bill claims; keep sponsorship cues off political posts.
Good to know
Claims about counts, fraud or bill text with no source. For 'suspected paid political advertising', TikTok gives no examples; an illustrative signal is candidate promotion that uses sponsorship language or promo codes.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's said, the words on screen, the caption and the hashtags. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: not for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: looked at for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: looked at for this rule
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