The bloody battle for Ukraine has become the world’s first TikTok war as instant videos of soldiers marching into battle, missile strikes raining down on cities and tanks rolling across borders dominate the youth video messaging app.
Usually associated with dance videos and fashion tutorials, TikTok is now full of seconds-long clips of conflict in real-time, with pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian videos jostling for the attention of one billion users in a propaganda war.
But analysts have warned many genuine videos are being mixed with clips from other conflicts or military drills, which are also going instantly viral alongside real footage.
In one video, though to be genuine, a Ukrainian soldier faces off with the camera. As it pans out four other soldiers come into view – their weapons are at the ready.
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