In Russia, the Kremlin has been tightening its grip on social media platforms. This month the country’s media watchdog threatened to block sites like Twitter if they fail to remove banned content. And now the video-sharing platform TikTok is on the Kremlin’s radar as well. During opposition protests in support of Alexei Navalny, the site was flooded with political content. And as DW correspondent Emily Sherwin reports, that means scrutiny for the site’s 20 million Russian users.
Russia: Kremlin targets TikTok over content critical of Putin | DW News
