Why Taiwan is worried about Chinese Tiktok’s popularity among youth

Published on Apr 20, 2022 08:53 pm IST

China's social media app TikTok is popular among teenagers in Taiwan. But some lawmakers have raised concerns over Beijing using TikTok as a tool for 'cognitive warfare' to influence young people. When the Russia- Ukraine war started, TikTok was bombarded with triggering videos of the war. TikTok slowly became a war-time sensation. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky himself appealed to influencers to stop the war. Watch this video as DW's Zachary Lee reports from Taipei.

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