Hillary Clinton Blames TikTok for Anti-Israel Sentiment Rising Among Young Americans

Hillary Clinton said this week that rising hostility toward Israel among younger Americans is being fueled by what she described as misleading and false content circulating widely on social media platforms, as reported by The New York Post.

Clinton made the remarks Tuesday during a New York conference hosted by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom.

Clinton said many young people — including those she described as “smart, well-educated, young people from our own country, from around the world” — were turning to platforms like TikTok for information about the Israel-Hamas war.

“Where were they getting their information?” she asked. “They were getting their information from social media, particularly TikTok.”

She said short-form videos became the primary source of information for many young Americans about “what happened on October 7th, what happened in the days, weeks, and months to follow.”

Clinton told the audience that reliance on social media for updates about the conflict poses what she called a serious concern.

“That’s a serious problem. It’s a serious problem for democracy, whether it’s Israel or the United States, and it’s a serious problem for our young people,” she said.

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Clinton also argued that young Americans were encountering narratives about the conflict that she said were misleading.

She described the online content as one-sided “pure propaganda,” and said some videos circulating widely were “totally made up” or not representative of the events they claimed to depict.

She said these dynamics have made discussions about the conflict more difficult among younger Americans. According to Clinton, many do not have background knowledge about the region’s history, including young Jewish Americans.

“It’s not just the usual suspects. It’s a lot of young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand,” she said.

Clinton said the information environment itself is a major factor. “A lot of the challenge is with younger people. More than 50% of young people in America get their news from social media,” she said.

She added that the nature of the content being consumed is part of the problem.

“So just pause on that for a second. They are seeing short-form videos, some of them totally made up, some of them not at all representing what they claim to be showing, and that’s where they get their information,” Clinton said.

Clinton’s remarks come amid ongoing debate over how platforms should handle content related to global conflicts and political events, as well as questions about the influence short-form digital media wields over younger generations.

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