This report was published by AI Forensics.

During Poland’s 2025 Presidential Election, TikTok was required under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and European Commission guidelines to label election-related content with information notices. Our investigation found that TikTok applied these labels sporadically and inconsistently, raising serious concerns about the platform’s compliance with transparency obligations.

Key Findings

Diaspora exclusion. Election information labels were geographically restricted, meaning the more than 20 million Polish diaspora users worldwide — a significant portion of the Polish-speaking audience — were excluded from seeing the labels. This undermines the very purpose of election integrity measures.

Fraud allegations spread unlabeled. We identified 23 videos spreading claims of a rigged election that accumulated over 4.5 million views. Approximately 80% of these videos lacked the required election labels, allowing disinformation to circulate without any contextual warning.

AI-generated content went undisclosed. Four videos containing AI-generated imagery failed to display mandatory AI-disclosure labels, in direct violation of TikTok’s own policies and DSA requirements.

Voter suppression content unaddressed. Content discouraging voter participation was present on the platform without moderation action.

Full Report

The full report, including methodology and data, is available at aiforensics.org.