Short video app TikTok could loom large in the US 2020 election, with hashtags related to presidential candidates trending on the platform. On Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, political content from users is virtually non-existent while government agencies upload thousands of videos. — SCMP
Videos of teenagers dancing to Panic! at the Disco’s High Hopes, the campaign walk-on song for US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, are going viral on TikTok.
The fact that Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend in Indiana, does not have a verified account on the short video platform is not an apparent barrier to his popularity there – content tagged with the #mayorpete hashtag had gathered almost 672,000 views as of Nov 22.
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