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By: Franziska Schwarz
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Olaf Scholz in Dresden – soon also on TikTok?
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The federal government now wants to set up a TikTok account – among other things, against “nonsense”.
Dresden – TikTok as an opportunity?
The traffic light coalition under Olaf Scholz also wants to set up there.
“The federal government is also discussing this and I think it is right,” said the SPD Chancellor at a citizens’ dialogue in Dresden.
He had previously been asked why the AfD had a strong presence there - but centrist parties hardly had one.
The AfD obviously benefits from TikTok.
“The AfD and its periphery, i.e. right-wing extremist influencers, know about the interaction-based functionality of the algorithm.
Analyzes show that they are investing massive resources in social media employees,” warned sociologist Özgür Özvatan recently in an interview with
IPPEN.MEDIA
.
His warning is therefore: Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is forgetting TikTok in her plan against right-wing extremism.
Can the traffic light on TikTok prevail against the AfD and Co.?
When asked by IPPEN.MEDIA
, another expert explained to IPPEN.MEDIA
how the AfD and its frontrunners “manipulate” young people: The right-wing populists operate their social media accounts with considerable expenditure of resources and their MPs tailor their parliamentary speeches to have the greatest possible reach - AfD has it because of TikTok -Speeches in the Bundestag 90 second blocks.
Away from TikTok and Co.: Scholz recommends “reality control”
Scholz also called on citizens to exercise “reality control” beyond digital media and to tell people directly if they hold outlandish opinions.
In the past, this was done in a sports club, in the pub or in the family circle.
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“It must be clear: the fight against the right is not decided in Berlin-Mitte, but here locally,” said an SPD politician to
IPPEN.MEDIA
.
(frs with Reuters)