Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok

@article{Weimann2020ResearchNS,
  title={Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok},
  author={Gabriel Weimann and Natalie Masri},
  journal={Studies in Conflict \& Terrorism},
  year={2020}
}
TikTok is the fastest-growing application today, attracting a huge audience of 1.5 billion active users, mostly children and teenagers. Recently, the growing presence of extremist’s groups on socia... 
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