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

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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