Foreign TikTok influencers shaped Canadian news feeds during spring election, report says

A sign directs voters to a polling station in Calgary on April 28. Despite creating 23 per cent of TikTok posts about Canada's election, U.S. influencers drew half of views.

A small number of TikTok accounts, with millions of views, dominated political discourse on the social media platform during Canada’s general election campaign , with U.S. influencers playing a big role in shaping narratives, a new report analyzing foreign influence online has found.

A report by Reset Tech, a global non-profit, found that 100 TikTok accounts – including some that were politically partisan – generated almost two-thirds of viral political views during the campaign leading up to the April 28 vote.

John Matheson, Canada lead for Reset Tech, said young people increasingly get their news from social m