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Release Date:
February 17, 2025
Original Title:
Die TikTok-Armee der AfD
Alternate Titles:
ARD Story: Die TikTok-Armee der AfD
Mit der TikTok-Armee in den Bundestag?
WDR Story: Die TikTok-Armee der AfD
Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie
Production Companies:
ARD
Labo M
WDR
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 46
The AfD is clearly the strongest force on TikTok. Its official account has far more followers than those of the other major German parties combined. 14 to 19-year-olds are the main users of the social media platform TikTok, followed by those aged 20 and over. That is why the AfD is particularly popular with young voters there. How does the political party manage this? And what does this mean for the upcoming early federal election in February 2025? For the documentary, the team of authors researched undercover, created numerous fake accounts and delved deep into the bubble of AfD supporters. A dark world in which even official AfD party representatives flood TikTok with massive amounts of content and in which their right-wing extremist and anti-constitutional messages reach millions of young people. The AfD has understood how to use the time that young people statistically spend on TikTok per day for their indoctrination. And that could have fatal consequences.
Commissioning Editor:
Martin Suckow
Director:
Christoph Kürbel
Dominik Wolf
Helmi Krappitz
Director of Photography:
Jupp Tautfest
Mika Völker
Editor:
Bojan Novic
Graphic Designer:
Damaris Becker
Ozan Şanal
Marc Trompetter
Producer:
Florian Karpf
Anton Oettinger
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