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Scammers are using TikTok to cash in on the invasion of Ukraine

There Are No Girls on the Internet

English - March 12, 2022 00:48 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB
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From fake videos to fake live streams, TikTok is awash in disinformation about the invasion of Ukraine. Social media expert Marieke Kuypers has been fighting back. 


 


Read TikTok Was Designed for War: https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-tiktok/ 


 


Follow Marieke on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mariekekuypers


Follow Marieke on Twitter (English): https://twitter.com/englishmarieke


Follow Marieke on Twitter (Dutch): https://twitter.com/kuypersmarieke


 


Visit Black Women for Black Lives for ways to support Ukraine: https://linktr.ee/BW4BL_official


 


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