TikTok haalt Google in als populairste zoekmachine bij jongeren: welkom geruchten, sensatie en toxische diëten

Not Google, but TikTok is now the most popular search engine among young people. In doing so, the social media platform takes a three-pronged approach, pushing fabrications and rumours as search suggestions. 'TikTok is not out to inform you,' says professor of digitalisation and social media Tom De Leyn (Hasselt University).

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De Morgen interviewed Prof Tom De Leyn, lecturer in Communication Studies at the School of Social Sciences regarding the use of TikTok among young people.

Read the article here (the article is written in Dutch).