Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Barcelona unrest: how to fabricate a protest in the age of TikTok

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par Sara García Santamaría, Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies, Universitat de València

Imagine coming across a TikTok post calling you to protest for better public schools. You scan a QR code to get more information, and find yourself in a private chat where the instructions are not about education or political organising, but about looting.

This was the picture that emerged in Barcelona on October 24. Around 20 TikTok accounts linked to the anonymous Blocus…

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