An unfortunately large amount of 18- to 24-year-olds find out information about local elections from TikTok, so my heart is breaking." Emma Mont, a political content creator, told TechCrunch.
"Part of the reason I make the content I do is that I know there's someone who's watching and this is the first time they're ever gonna learn about Roe v. Wade, or whatever I'm talking about." - Emma Mont
For most content creators, the transition away from TikTok is difficult, but not insurmountable - many full-time creators already cultivate multi-platform followings, rather than depending on one platform, in preparation for this exact kind of worst-case scenario (remember Vine?).
"There's no need for Instagram to limit political content. That's just driving users away from their platforms." - Pratika Katiyar
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