Opportunists are uploading war forgeries to TikTok and it’s playing right into the Kremlin’s hands.
Until late 2021, the TikTok account mostly featured videos of motorcycles careening around English roads. Then in February, something changed: the account began uploading purported war footage of Ukraine, earning tens of millions of views.
The British motorcyclist’s video, which showed computer-generated missile launches, racked up more than 27 million views in late February, when YouTuber KitbogaThe video has since been removed. But thanks to TikTok’s “stitch” and “duets” functions, which let users remix each other’s videos, the clip has reappeared on other channels, sometimes spliced together with users’ commentary or with an advertisement for an adults-only video site.
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