4 hours agoHow is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict being transmitted to social media?
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)As the fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants continues, the TikTok social network has become a forum for broadcasting these events. TikTok, once known mainly for viral dance videos, recently this video app has also become a major news - sharing platform, writes BBC. Page on [...]
TikTok, once known mainly for viral dance videos, recently this video app has also become a major news - sharing platform, writes BBC.
The Chinese-owned site has an extensive audience, mainly young ones, with about 700 million active monthly users worldwide.
Rocket fire images over Israel, destruction in Gaza and Palestinian protests have become viral on this platform, bringing conflict on people's telephone screens worldwide.
However, there are also concerns that this and other social media sites are spreading lies or extremism.
