In the first half of this year TikTok removed 2,165 videos posted from Ireland for violating its 'harmful misinformation' policy. Photograph: iStock Video-sharing service TikTok dismantled a “covert influence operation” network dedicated to targeting users in Ireland with “divisive” content to “intensify social conflict”, the company has disclosed. The influence network was made up of 72 accounts that together had a following of some 94,743 users, and was shut down earlier this year. The revelation was disclosed in data reported by the social media company to the European Commission under a new code of conduct that requires major tech platforms...