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We take an in-depth look at TikTok usage in Russia, Facebook’s Oversight Board looks beyond Facebook and Sesame Workshop backs an edtech fund. This is your Daily Crunch for February 11, 2021.
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Russia has a small but fast-growing and vocal group of TikTok users. And while activity has been largely apolitical in the past, a battle appears to be brewing between the government and young activists who support the anti-corruption, anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny.
“Before Navalny’s return, Russian TikTok was all about dancing, pranks and post-Soviet trash aesthetics,” said food blogger Egor Khodasevich. “All of a sudden, political videos have started to appear across all categories — humor, beauty, sport.”
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Image Credits: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images / Getty Images
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Image Credits: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty Images
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Image Credits: Somyot Techapuwapat / EyeEm / Getty Images
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Image Credits: Nigel Sussman
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Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch
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