Critical thoughts on digital activism, social engagement and development.
Author: <span>Kerstin Tschernigg</span>

Author: Kerstin Tschernigg

Begging families on TikTok: between digital activism and exploitation

Dear readers, an investigation from the British Broadcasting Corporation – the BBC – has found that Syrian families have been livestreaming on the popular social media platform TikTok, which has a user count of more than 1 billion in 154 countries (Ruby, 2022), for several hours daily.  These families, however, …

Exploitation of Syrian families on TikTok – farce or disaster?

Dear readers, it seems like the bad news never stop coming. First, we read them in the newspapers, then on the radio and television, on our computer screens, and in recent years on the display of tiny devices that were promised to bring us so much joy and which should …