{"id":5091,"date":"2022-03-20T05:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/20\/tiktok-was-just-a-dancing-app-then-the-ukraine-war-started\/"},"modified":"2022-03-20T05:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T04:36:03","slug":"tiktok-was-just-a-dancing-app-then-the-ukraine-war-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/20\/tiktok-was-just-a-dancing-app-then-the-ukraine-war-started\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok was \u2018just a dancing app\u2019. Then the Ukraine war started"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many features make the platform susceptible to disinformation as world leaders try to harness influencers\u2019 power for good<\/p>\n

Many have called the invasion of Ukraine the world\u2019s first \u201cTikTok war\u201d, and experts say it is high time for the short video platform \u2013 once known primarily for silly lip syncs and dance challenge \u2013 to be taken seriously. <\/p>\n

Some politicians are doing just that. In a speech<\/a>, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, appealed to \u201cTikTokers\u201d as a group that could help end the war. Last week, Joe Biden spoke<\/a> to dozens of top users on the app in a first-of-its kind meeting to brief the influencers on the conflict in Ukraine and how the US is addressing it.<\/p>\n

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\nMany features make the platform susceptible to disinformation as world leaders try to harness influencers\u2019 power for good
\nMany have called the invasion of Ukraine the world\u2019s first \u201cTikTok war\u201d, and experts say it is high time for the short video platform \u2013 once known primarily for silly lip syncs and dance challenge \u2013 to be taken seriously.
\nSome politicians are doing just that. In a speech, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, appealed to \u201cTikTokers\u201d as a group that could help end the war. Last week, Joe Biden spoke to dozens of top users on the app in a first-of-its kind meeting to brief the influencers on the conflict in Ukraine and how the US is addressing it. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many features make the platform susceptible to disinformation as world leaders try to harness influencers\u2019 power for good Many have called the invasion of Ukraine the world\u2019s first \u201cTikTok war\u201d, and experts say it is high time for the short video platform \u2013 once known primarily for silly lip syncs and dance challenge \u2013 to …<\/p>\n

TikTok was \u2018just a dancing app\u2019. Then the Ukraine war started<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}