2020-07-10 00:00:00, Taylor Lorenz, New York Times
Content Categorization
/Online Communities
/News/Politics
Word Count:
1227
Words/Sentence:
18
Reading Time:
8.18 min
Reading Quality:
Adept
Readability:
13th to 15th
For Gen Z and millennials, TikTok is our clubhouse, and Trump threatened it," Yori Blacc, a 19-year-old TikTok user in California, told Bloomberg in an interview about the app ratings.
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In addition to giving young people a place to meet and entertain each other, TikTok has also been a platform for political and social justice issues."I think this will drastically affect political commentary among teenagers," Ms. Hunniford said.
But even for TikTok's biggest stars, moving an audience from one platform to another is a huge undertaking."I have 7 million followers on TikTok, but it doesn't translate to every platform," said Nick Austin, 20.
Five states are holding primary elections Tuesday, with voters in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington State choosing nominees for Congress and local offices.
Keywords
2020 Election, Social Media, Video Recordings, Generation Z, Trump, US Politics, TikTok, YouTube, Donald Trump, Millennials, Downloads and Streaming, Donald J, Byte, Dubsmash
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