Ukraine is the start of Tiktok warfare

The conflict in Ukraine has been dubbed “the first TikTok war”, and rightly so. Scrolling through the app, the typical influencer videos and comedy sketches are punctuated with explosions, dancing soldiers and civilians filming their lives in bunkers. The hashtag #Ukraine has been viewed 22.1 billion times.

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