Dr. Nikki Soo:

At TikTok, we apply our standards equally, regardless of the event. This was, of course, a significant event. It has never been more important to make sure we apply our standards carefully. The Senator asked about using hashtags or faked activity. We deployed our team really quickly, but I have a couple of statistics on this issue to share. Since 7 October, we have removed more than 24 million fake accounts globally relating to the conflict and more than 500,000 bot comments under hashtags relating to the conflict. It is not really about any side as much as making sure the content is accurate and legitimate. Apart from that, in general, wherever we find any content that violates our community guidelines, including violent content and incitement to violence, we will remove it.