Analyzing the Rise of TikTok as a News Platform| Informative Essay

The Rise of TikTok as a News Platform

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Since its release in 2017, TikTok has become an important tool for news organizations–including the Times of Israel. During the July 2018 Gaza border protests, Palestinian protesters streamed their activity on TikTok. This has the potential to inform news organizations on what is happening and where events are going. The app, which is available in over 50 languages and is widely used in the U.S., has created a new genre of activism where protests, hashtags, and the app itself have become the main ways of disseminating information.

The first protest was organized by a group called the Bekaa Youth Movement, an organization of the Shiite minority in Lebanon that works to protect the rights of Christians, Druze, and Sunnis. While most protesters in Lebanon are Sunni, Christian…