TikTok Is Shaping Politics. But How?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/28/style/tiktok-teen-politics-gen-z.html

TikTok is a place where millions of young Americans perform and explore their identities in public,
and now it has become a prominent venue for ideological formation, political activism and trolling. It
is also a space where people can be gathered and pressed into action quickly. TikTok was
instrumental in the organization of a mass false-registration drive ahead of a Trump rally in Tulsa,
Okla, where many seats were unfilled. People on the platform have spread footage of police
brutality, scenes and commentary from Black Lives Matter protests around the world, with playfully
disorienting, carefully edited, arch and musical videos created and shared on platform frequently
moving beyond it. It has been suggested by many, including The New York Times, that TikTok teens
will save the world.