AutomaticUpdates@monero.towntoWorld News@lemmy.world•TikTok likely helped far right in German elections: analystsEnglish
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16 days agoOne reason could be that a network of well-connected right-wing influencers on TikTok share AfD content and help amplify it, according to Verwiebe. Another could be that the majority of AfD candidates, more than any other party, are themselves active on the platform.
I have another: It’s in the financial interest of Tiktok to promote an extremist party with extreme neoliberal views in order to make more profit.
Unlike in Capitalist countries, China’s billionaires don’t have much political power and actually face consequences for things like corruption, etc.