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the uks first tiktok election. after the conservatives announced their proposals for national service for 18—year—olds, rishi sunak also did his first video on the conservative partys tiktok account. hi, tiktok, sorry to be breaking into your usual politics—free feed, but im making a big announcement today and ive been told that a lot of you already have some views on it. so, first thing — no, im not sending everyone off to join the army. what i am doing is proposing a bold new...

after the conservatives announced their proposals for national service for 18—year—olds, rishi sunak also did his first video on the conservative partys tiktok account. hi, tiktok, sorry to be breaking into your usual politics—free feed, but im making a big announcement today and ive been told that a lot of you already have some views on it. so, first thing — no, im not sending everyone off to join the army. what i am doing is proposing a bold new model of national service for ...

on the conservative partys tiktok account. hi, tiktok, sorry to be breaking into your usual politics—free feed, but im making a big announcement today and ive been told that a lot of you already have some views on it. so, first thing — no, im not sending everyone off to join the army. what i am doing is proposing a bold new model of national service for 18—year—olds. well, i want to bring in shona ghosh, from bloomberg. everyone here listening to rishi sunak there. give us the ...

Technology because were already obsessed with ourselves and insecure about who we are. and so if somebody provides a platform or a service or a company that says, well, everything will be tailored to you, katie, and your uniquely discerning tastes in whatever it is — politicians, biscuits, whatever it is youre looking at... biscuits, definitely. ..then...then we will respond to that because its tapping into our anxieties, which are very particular to now and to western societies now, i think. ...

13—year—olds and 18—year—olds. its, you know, 35, 45, even 50—year—olds, dare i say it! | so i think we underestimate at our peril and that shift i isjust interesting, i how quickly that can happen and how its hard. as a political party to keep across all these different pieces of the puzzle. - its been so swift, i remember how important twitter was for journalism, and now i feel like it, you know, i dont look at it nearly as much as i used to. stay with us, please, because timandra ...

Dem—held marginals. there was no transparency. you couldnt really see into what was going i on in that election. and then after they won, they sort of credited - the ability to spend a load of money on facebook - in those places. so, you know, ithink. there is...theres a kind of mixture of, like, - you know, mutual logic, folk folklore, but also - the ability to raise money and get volunteers mobilised and do those sorts of thingsl that help campaigns move as well. - well, weve talked about th...

Board member of x. and timandra harkness, if i could bring you in, i mean, do you think these ad campaigns contribute positively to political discourse? well, it depends what they are and what theyre trying to say. im really struck by what sean said, about youve got to talk to voters where they are. if you want to talk to people where they are now, we are on social media. so i think its less a case of its a new thing to use technology and it transforms politics, its more a case of political part...

And how we use the technology. i mean, you know, 0k, maybe...maybe it didnt cause a wave of liberation around the world with the arab spring, but certainly we can use it for our own positive purposes. we dont have to lie back and just keep clicking on the menus that were fed. and are you saying how we should do that? not entirely! are you saying we should come off it a bit more than we are or..? not necessarily. i think its much more a case of are you using it or is it using you? you know, if yo...

Of quality content that people are learning about al - is on tiktok. mm. and thats not just . seven—year—olds and 13—year—olds and 18—year—olds. its, you know, 35, 45, even 50—year—olds, dare i say it! | so i think we underestimate at our peril and that shift i isjust interesting, i how quickly that can happen and how its hard. as a political party to keep across all these different pieces of the puzzle. - its been so swift, i remember how important twitter was for journalism, an...

Have choices about what we do and how we use the technology. i mean, you know, 0k, maybe...maybe it didnt cause a wave of liberation around the world with the arab spring, but certainly we can use it for our own positive purposes. we dont have to lie back and just keep clicking on the menus that were fed. and are you saying how we should do that? not entirely! are you saying we should come off it a bit more than we are or..? not necessarily. i think its much more a case of are you using it or is...