Important new report from CDT:

A social media creator gave gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars to Donald Trump during a livestream ahead of the 2024 presidential election . A progressive influencer ranted in a video that other creators were allegedly paid to attend the Democratic National Convention, while he was not. Half of TikTok users between ages 18-29 use the app to keep up with politics .

This report explores the growing role of political influencers in our democracy and how they fit — or fail to fit — within existing conceptual, legal, and policy models. Political influencers, like the billions of people worldwide for whom the internet is inextricable from political participation and civic engagement, rely on social media platforms that offer new ways to understan

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