The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.
Same shit happened here in Finland too, our extremist right wing party is very active on TikTok and the under 25’s voted for them in droves. That generation is more conservative than Millennials or even younger Gen X, which is a bit fucked up. Especially young men and boys have gone off the deep end
so those people were deceived by tik tok? why didnt anybody tell them about it?
It’s the same everywhere because the far right are actively trying to manipulate people and get then into “the pipeline” while the left don’t have a coordinated propaganda campaign.
No shit. Social media is spreading ruzzian propaganda like the plague.
And the people in power don’t seem to give a shit.
They might care more, if they understood any of it.
Yeah, here in Germany, most politicians don’t really like to engage with digital topics at all and flat out refuse to use the internet. Which explains why my country has the worst internet in Western Europe by far.
What could there even be on the internet? They have much better things to do. Do y’all have exclusive clubs over there for rich white men to schmooze, and sit around in leather chairs smoking cigars?
It’s quite logical even. Right-wing answers are short, simple and spoken with certainty. That’s great for a half-minute clip. Answers grounded in reality are complex, require proof and have some uncertainty. That’s not gonna fit in there, or, at the very least, you need an outstanding communicator.
No matter the age, most people stick just with what they hear most often.
Right-wing answers are short, simple and spoken with certainty.
“Every problem out there has a very simple, but equally wrong solution”
Do Flat Earth and/or religious apologetics do well on TikTok?
Kind of? I remember a statistic about pseudo-science being more popular with younger generations. Energy healing, healing stones and all that other homeopathic bullshit. Assuming that is indeed correct, Flat Earth is likely more popular too.
It probably does okay simply by virtue of being so stupid, there aren’t many people in their right mind producing videos about the earth being round to drown them out.
It’s good that some refute their points just for fun.
Of course younger generations are more likely to believe in pseudo science, they haven’t yet learned that they are bullshit. Once they get older and have more experience with detecting bullshit, it’s popularity should decline.
Maybe, but I think it will remain more popular than before. Let’s say there are 10% of people in any given group who would theoretically believe bullshit - the number is chosen randomly. Thanks to stuff like TikTok they are way more likely to come into contact with lots of different bullshit to believe in than ever before.
Kind of like how Republicans would be more popular if everyone would watch Fox News every day.
Wait, a Chinese government tool is spreading anti democracry propaganda?!?! SHOCKING!!
Bad headline. Should have titled as ‘AfD is better at promotion on tiktok’ or something of that sort
Many first timers on Tiktok report that the first thing they see is this nazi crap right after registration. This is not normal.
Cold start is a hard problem for recommendations. It probably shows what’s popular in the nearby locations and/or matching demographics. Why’s it not normal?
Because in most countries including Germany social networks filter these kinds of posts and try to fight against misinformation, racism, etc.
Tiktok can be used as a weapon. It can stir up communities and manipulate views. My impression is that it is done on purpose and it’s been instructed by the Chinese government.
I don’t have a proof but in American politics you can see tendencies against Tiktok. They are aware of these subtle issues.
that would basically mean that there is only nazi content on tik tok. OR they use your data footprint to how you what they want you to see.
every media is being used by various parties to influence you.
you don’t need china for that.
I have no problem with parties and companies influencing me. I have a problem with parties and companies that openly violate the constitution.
then sue them. it is your bürgerpflicht. oder zeig sie an.kostet nichts, dauert 30 minuten online.
Ich mache mir die Mühe. Danke für den Hinweis.
exactly. even i can make videos in tik tok for my "ritalin is better than alcohol " party. takes 5 minutes.
One 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.
I live over there, so :
young people are not the voting demographic, give me a break.
as if all those village inbreds aged 30 - 90 would go on tik tok.
and IF all these people ware watching nazi ads on tik took:
so what? they certainly don’t read the newspapers, and the democratic partys won’t try to make them better offerings anyway. because all these convincing offerings would consist of more infrastructure, more public transport, more wages, better future prospects. and what have you.
but thats far to expensive, and is not at all what the democartic centrist parties are doing right know. so they CAN’T bring the voter better arguments and offerings.
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Sum this up in 2 sentences. I’m trying to parse this and worry I’m getting the wrong impression.
the rich and powerfull dont want to give the poor people money. if the poor people had money, they would’t worry about their future existance and fall prey to manipulation.
Yup, that’s how it begins. I hoped that the EU and the harsh WWII memories will make a difference
Not that I needed another reason to dislike TikTok but…
The chairwoman for the AfD, Alice Weidel, worked for the Bank of China. It would not surprise me if she used her connections with the CCP and TikTok to persuade the fucking idiots in Thüringen.
So… wait. Everyone is back to hating TikTok again?
Was it ever any different? People who use it like it and people who don’t, hate it.
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