The Russian has been described as the ‘first war fought on ‘, with social media used by President and ordinary Ukrainians to expose the brutality of the conflict – but also by pro-Kremlin propagandists to spread disinformation.
The Chinese-owned app, previously dominated by dancing and lip-syncing videos, pts terbaik sumatera has proven itself particularly suited to covering the conflict, with its simple editing software allowing users to share footage within seconds of it being filmed – before being shown to millions of young users via its powerful algorithm.
Ukrainians like 20-year-old Marta Vasyuta, who films the aftermath of bombings, have gone on to amass huge audiences.
One other user, @valerisssh, posted a video that aped the popular TikTok template where people point out stylish features of their homed but showed viewers around her ‘bomb shelter’ instead.
President Zelensky has made substantial use of social media videos to broadcast to the outside world – often while walking around the streets of Kyiv.
In a recent video, on February 26, he slammed ‘fake information’ that he was telling the army to lay down its weapons, while last week he filmed himself alongside his Cabinet to counter Russian claims he had fled.
Although these videos are usually posted onto Twitter, they are then shared by TikTok users and go on to spread rapidly through the platform.
A TikTok user from Chernihiv takes followers on tour of bombsite, in an example of how young Ukrainians are using the platform to spread news about the war
The user says she wanted to show what Russian forces did to her city while she was sleeping in a bomb shelter
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