AfD Hate Goes Viral: How The German Far Right Mastered TikTok

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The right-wing nationalist AfD is gaining ground among young voters in Germany, partly because of its success on social media.

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AfD Hate Goes Viral: How The German Far Right Mastered TikTok

BERLIN — No party has more experience on TikTok than the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Its 602 videos provide insight into how the party is leveraging the platform for its election campaign. Ahead of the national elections on Sunday, following the collapse late last year of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government, a researcher from the University of St. Gallen collected the videos using AI-driven accounts, which Die Zeit then pr…