The US-based NewsGuard has come with reports that show violent videos attracting millions of views on TikTok. Not just that it has also highlighted that TikTok’s algorithm was driving users toward the Russian Wagner Group of mercenaries’ videos. These videos showed the merciless killing of people by the Wagner group. TikTok on the hand has denied promoting them.

TikTok is no more a platform for short videos connecting people. Many organizations and groups have used it to propagate their gory agendas. These short videos have been going ahead to corrupt young minds and threaten harmony. The perpetrators are using the loopholes existing on the platform to make the best of their campaign of hatred. Bringing these despicable elements to light US-based NewsGuard has shared that Russian mercenary has been uploading videos celebrating their killing and violence. These videos have raked millions of views.

The 21^st century is not an exception when it comes to war. With the Ukraine-Russian war continuing to be up in flames peace and stability are seeing their downfall around the world. Social and political resentments have been soaring high to vitiate the matter. On top of that social media platforms have been thriving with many sensitive contents. They include videos and posts with misinformation and gory content. 

Taking on that TikTok has come under the heat of scrutiny. The US-based NewsGuard has reported that it has been hosting videos by Russia’s Wagner Group of mercenaries. In these videos one can see the killings and violence by the group. According to NewsGuard around 160 videos are serving on that note on the platform.

Not just that fourteen of those videos present a full or partial view of the apparent killing of former Russian mercenary Yevgeny Nuzhin. These videos have allured attention for one month after their upload. One of them also managed to rake in more than 900000 views before it went off the platform.

Nuzhin was a part of the Wagner group. He ended up in Ukrainian confinement. However he chose to switch sides after his capture. Not just that he also harangued the mercenary group. According to some reports he was a part of a prisoner exchange. After a few days a video of his murder evolved on a Wagner-linked channel on the Telegram messaging app.

Apart from that NewsGuard has also pressed that TikTok’s algorithm has been pushing users to these gory videos. According to it the search for the term “Wagner” on TikTok suggested searches for "Wagner execution" and "Wagner sledgehammer". On the other hand in Russian it put in the suggestions for "Wagner PMC" "Wagner sledgehammer" and "Wagner orchestra".

TikTok also has videos from the Syrian missions of the group in 2017. Many music videos have also surfaced with footage of killings in the background. On the other hand TikTok denied promoting these videos.

Taking on that the company said “Our Community Guidelines clearly outline that we do not allow people to use our platform to threaten or incite violence or share attacks or slurs based on people's nationality or other protected characteristics. We will take action on content found to violate these policies.”

The Wagner group came up in 2014 to light. Yevgeny Prigozhin a close ally of President Vladimir Putin played a crucial role in bringing it to life. It helped Russian forces to oust the Ukrainian military in 2014. Apart from that it has also performed actively in its operations in Syria and African countries. There have been calls for including it in the list of terror outfits.