As with other social media sites, TikTok faces questions about whether it is enforcing its own policies consistently. — Reuters
In a massively popular clip on the video-sharing app TikTok, police snipers atop a Minneapolis police station point their guns at Black Lives Matter protesters. Demonstrators fight tear gas, sirens blare and helicopters fly overhead. The footage is set to This Is America, Donald Glover’s anthem about race and gun violence.
The video became one of the top clips on TikTok’s #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, and drew more than 43 million views. Its popularity shocked the video’s creator, a 33-year-old comedian named Kareem Rahma. “I’m not an activist," Rahma said. “I joined TikTok to make funny videos, but when my hometown of Minneapolis turned into a war zone I needed to show people."
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