German chancellor follows in the footsteps of Joe Biden and other leaders on social media platform
, has opened a TikTok account, promising he will not be seen dancing on the social media platform popular with young people.
The newest official government channel “increases the information offer to citizens, who increasingly inform themselves and discuss politics on TikTok”, Scholz’s spokesperson, Steffen Hebestreit, said in a statement.Known for his sober style of leadership, the chancellor himself made light of the new outreach, on another social media channel. “I will not dance. Promised,” Scholz said on X.
Joe Biden opened an account in February, in time for this year’s US presidential election, in a bid to reach younger voters. Biden’s presence on the channel, however, did not prevent him from raising concerns about the ownership of the platform with the Chinese leader,EU opens investigation into TikTok over online content and child safeguardingDiary of a TikTok moderator: ‘We are the people who sweep up the mess’TikTok users including Russell Brand given special status, messages show‘We’re on TikTok? What’s TikTok?’ The forgotten bands going supersonic thanks to gen...
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