Israel-Palestine tensions aren’t just on the ground, some of it is escalating on TikTok too Pia Krishnankutty © Provided by The Print
New Delhi: Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes Friday following rocket fire from the Hamas-run region, intensifying a renewed conflict that has now claimed 127 lives.
Unlike in the past, social media, especially the youth-centric platform TikTok, is playing an important role in the current tensions.
The recent escalation of tensions between Israel and Palestine began last month at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate when Israeli Police prevented Palestinians from congregating after evening prayers during Ramzan.
Israelis have been angered by a recent spate of videos on TikTok, a video-sharing app run by Chinese firm Byte Dance, showing Palestinians filming assaults on unsuspecting Jews.
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QAnon, CultTok, and Leaving It All Behind
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“I was impressed that it only took four years,” Danielle, self-identified ex-cult member, 34, said on a phone call. This was a few days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, and we were talking about the previous week of SOS social media posts from wide-eyed QAnon followers, like a TikToker propped up on a pillow, pleading, like a disoriented hostage: “If nothing happens on the 20th, how many of you are going to feel stupid as hell?”
With Danielle’s long catalogue of TikTok videos poking fun at Trump worship and conspiracy theories, I waited for her to chuckle, but she was serious. “Just realizing that it’s a lie is only the first step in the process right there,” Danielle reflected. “They’re going to go through some stages until they come out on the other side.”