The TikTok network has been targeted by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution Photo: picture alliance / CFOTO / Thomas Spikermann
By Isabel Pancake
A comment from BZ editor Isabel Pfannkuche
As a new TikTok user, you will see false or misleading content about the Ukraine war within 40 minutes. And anti-Semitic or racist content is not long in coming either.
The algorithm reliably ensures that users see fake news. The fatal thing: crooks and right-wing extremists reach young people directly and in a targeted manner. Because many TikTok users are just 13 years old …
It’s a good thing that constitutional protection officers are now targeting the video platform. Because TikTok is no longer just the network where children dance, move their lips in sync with songs or challenge each other.
The inclusion in the report for the protection of the constitution is an important signal. A signal to all parents who still think exactly that: that TikTok is just a carefree place for children.
