As TikTok catches fire among the younger set, world leaders and politicians have kept their distance amid national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
The vacuum is leaving room for impersonators to roam free. And TikTok's efforts to dissuade such fake or misleading accounts are lacking, some social media experts say.
TikTok doesn't yet have a robust verification system to certify accounts as authentic. Unlike Twitter, TikTok doesn't require parody accounts to clearly indicate they are not affiliated with the subject.
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