Anonymous TikTok accounts backing radical parties before Czech vote, study finds

Hundreds of anonymous accounts on video-sharing platform TikTok have been increasingly active in spreading pro-Russia narratives and backing radical parties ahead of the Czech Republic's Oct 3-4 election, a non-governmental group said on Sunday. Online Risk Labs, a newly formed group of Czech analysts, said it had identified 286 TikTok accounts that have been boosting each other's content. Between them, they have 5 million to 9 million views per week - more than the combined reach of mainstream party leaders, the group said. "The accounts do not align with a single political entity, but rather demonstrate support for multiple radical and extremist parties simultaneously," the group said in a statement. Nearly a quarter of Czechs use TikTok, according to local...