politics

• Nepal’s Discord election shows that platform bans won’t deter Gen Z politicos
• The White House is bringing MAGA memes to TikTok

  The White House has launched an official TikTok account, where memes featuring President Donald Trump are being proliferated.

  
• France’s Prime Minister wants support for his budget cuts, so he explained them on YouTube

  French Prime Minister François Bayrou has launched a YouTube series to explain the rationale behind his unpopular budgetary proposal.

  
• Research shows that YouTube Shorts steers from viewers away from political content

  A group of researchers found that the YouTube Shorts algorithm leads viewers away from news and political content.

  
• TikTok wants to hire a manager for its news creators
• YouTube tells moderators to ease up on political, social, and cultural content
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2008, we did it live (and voted however we like)
• Viewership on political streams is up 56% year-over-year
• Creator content has upended U.S. politics. Now it’s influencing Canada’s elections to the tune of millions of views.
• Substack wants its creators to stick around. A TikTok-style feed will help them promote their newsletters.
• Influencers are shaking up politics by winning elections. A progressive TikToker wants to be next.
• TikTokers are using Shop keywords to band together against ICE