SLICE: Citizen Journalists on TikTok! A Threat or a Tool for Truth?

On Sunday the second presidential election takes place. Reason for the delays were manipulations by Tiktok.

SLICE: Citizen journalists on TikTok! A threat or a Tool for Truth?

Serious journalism is losing ground as short-form videos increasingly become the public’s primary source of news Graphic content and privacy violations raise serious ethical concerns Popularity on the app overrides accuracy TikTok delivers fast, engaging news but lacks fact-checking TikTok is designed to promote short videos, catering to a shorter attention span among its target

Romania votes again on Sunday for its presidential election after a cancellation for suspicions of Russian interference. This time, no scandal, but TikTok remains a key actor: near a Romanian or Romanian in two uses and the duel between centrist Nicusor Dan and populist George Simion takes place under high digital tension.