Criticism in the age of TikTok

Charlie Shackleton
2019-09-30

How Gen Z’s favourite app points to a new form of cultural commentary 🕺🏿📲👩🏽‍🎓
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8 min

Downloaded over a billion times since its launch just two years ago, TikTok has taken the tech world by storm with its endless stream of viral dance routines, comedy lip sync clips and impenetrable intertextual memes. And with a user base seemingly comprised of nothing but whip-smart 15-year-olds, it’s become perhaps the definitive online home of Generation Z.