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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics. It's Thursday,

August 6th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. TikTok launched in the United

States in 2018, and two years later, it has more than 80 million daily users in the country.

The social media platform, which allows users to post

short-form videos, has created a new generation of dancing and lip-sinking TikTok celebrities and

an easy way for popular artists to connect with their fans. Until recently, the app was of interest

mostly to young users, known as TikTok teens,

but it was created by a Chinese tech company, Bight Dance, and it has suddenly entered the Trump Wars.

Bight Dance has a close relationship with the Chinese government,

raising concerns among privacy advocates as well as the administration.

In the U.S., the app's followers conspired to sabotage a Trump rally in Tulsa

by registering for thousands of tickets they had no intention of using.

And the comedian Sarah Cooper's lip-sync videos based on Trump's speeches

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