MSU TikTok influencers react to expanded SAG-AFTRA membership
A student watches TikTok, a popular app for making videos, during a lecture on Zoom. Shot on Sept. 21, 2020. Photo by Lauren DeMay | The State News
What started as a fun lip-syncing social network has now turned into a career for many young people. TikTok, which has grown exponentially over the last few years, continues to provide business opportunities for creators, such as the creator fund, a program that offers funding to creators with over 10,000 followers.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), the prestigious labor union that represents some of Hollywood’s biggest names, is now representing TikTokers. According to the New York Times, SAG-AFTRA app