TikTok was ‘just a dancing app’. Then the Ukraine war started

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TikTok was ‘just a dancing app’. Then the Ukraine war started
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Many features make the platform susceptible to disinformation as world leaders try to harness influencers’ power for good

with content from friends and people they know, TikTok’s “for you page” is largely content from strangersAnd the more a platform relies on algorithms rather than a chronological newsfeed, the more susceptible it can be to mis- and disinformation, experts say. That is because algorithms favor content that gets more engagement.

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