ITN election diary: Report from the frontline of the first Tiktok election

ITV News launched a politics-specific Tiktok - but then had less time than anticipated to grow it before the election.

Side-by-side images of two ITV News Politics videos from Tiktok: the first shows video producer Lewis Denison standing outside the Palace of Westminster with the video caption 'What is UK voting system First Past the Post?' and the second shows Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer in front of trees and grass with the title 'Would the Green Party legalise cannabis if it won power?' — ITV News Westminster video producer Lewis Denison and Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer in recent ITV News Politics Tiktok videos. Picture: Tiktok screenshots

This is the first entry in a new election diary in collaboration with ITN. Insights will come twice a week from across the ITV News, Channel 4 News and Channel 5 News teams.

People come to Tiktok for the memes, but stay for the politics. Well, it’s my job to try and make sure that happens.

This has been called the first Tiktok election, and that was proven when all the main political parties joined the platform within days of the national poll being called.

ITN election diary: Report from the frontline of the first Tiktok election

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