Facebook in 'bare-knuckle' fight with TikTok

The chief executive of a political consulting firm has responded to a report alleging Meta paid his company to "Undermine" TikTok. Internal emails, apparently seen by the Washington Post, allegedly suggested Targeted Victory's campaign aimed to show TikTok "As a danger to American children". The "Bare-knuckle" campaign allegedly included placing opinion pieces and letters to the editor in US regional news outlets "Promoting dubious stories about alleged TikTok trends that actually originated on Facebook", the Post journalists wrote. In internal emails, the paper claimed, Targeted Victory urged its partners to get stories into local media that linked TikTok to dangerous trends. Mr Moffatt tweeted that The Post itself had reported on the purported TikTok challenges.

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