TikTok users took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at US president Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, held in Tulsa on June 20.
Social media users on platforms including the popular video-sharing app have said they completed the free online registration for the rally with no intention of going. The New York Times reported that fans of Korean pop music were encouraging people to do the same.
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