In January 2020, Media Matters for America said that TikTok hosted misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic despite a recent policy against misinformation.[134] In April 2020, the government of India asked TikTok to remove users posting misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[135] There were also multiple conspiracy theories that the government is involved with the spread of the pandemic.[136] As a response to this, TikTok launched a feature to report content for misinformation.[137]