Don't be fooled by its name, which sounds like the sound of a drop of water but hides a tidal wave: in September, the Chinese app TikTok became the most downloaded app in the world, ahead of giants Facebook and Instagram.
With 1.5 billion downloads since its launch in 2016 and more than 500 million active users every month, the success of this 2.0 network is phenomenal: «Everyone wants to be part of it,» sums up Tristan Mendès-France, associate lecturer at Paris-Diderot University: teenagers, Uyghurs, the media, the American far-right conspiracy theorists, even Daesh..."
At the end of October, the publication of Islamic State propaganda videos on TikTok sparked controversy. However, this did not dampen the app's growth.
