“Donald Trump has abdicated leadership and it is no surprise that his supporters have responded by abandoning him,” said a spokesman, Andrew Bates. In a statement, Joe Biden’s campaign denied playing any role in the social media effort. TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance. The Trump campaign pushed back, accusing Ocasio-Cortez of encouraging a foreign-owned platform to interfere with US elections and politics. “KPop allies, we see and appreciate your contributions in the fight for justice.” “You just got rocked,” she said, “by teens on TikTok who … tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during Covid. New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez took a shot at Parscale while thanking K-pop fans for their diligent trolling.
In recent weeks, for example, hashtags supporting “Blue Lives Matter”, a movement in support of police officers, were co-opted by fans tweeting memes of famous blue characters like the Smurfs and Captain Planet. Users of the popular social media sites have often sought to thwart conservative campaigning by far-right accounts. They all know the algorithms and how they can boost videos to get where they want.” “K-pop Twitter and Alt TikTok have a good alliance where they spread information amongst each other very quickly. “It spread mostly through Alt TikTok, we kept it on the quiet side where people do pranks and a lot of activism,” one user told the Times. “He was played by young people and K-pop fans who ordered tickets with no intention of going,” said Joy Reid of MSNBC on air, following Trump’s speech.Īs Trump and his campaign gloated that more than a million tickets had been requested, on TikTok, young people shared screenshots of themselves using Tulsa-area zip codes to reserve seats with no intention of showing up. In a statement on Sunday, Parscale rubbished reports of the TikTok campaign, criticised reporters and insisted attendance had been dampened by “a week’s worth of the fake news media warning people away from the rally because of Covid and protesters, coupled with recent images of American cities on fire”.īut politicians and analysts, many with children who participated, confirmed the scheme to disrupt the rally. 01:07 Trump calls coronavirus 'kung flu' and says he slowed testing – video
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