TikTok becoming harder to ignore for Europe's politicians

With the majority of young voters not watching television news or reading the press, and the far-right and the far-left already using TikTok extensively, some politicians are getting around their country's ban on the use of the platform by using the app on separate devices

Simon Harris is sometimes dubbed the "TikTok Taoiseach". File photo: Eamon Ward/PA

When Simon Harris became Ireland's Taoiseach-in-waiting in March, he turned to a favoured platform to express himself: TikTok.

In a video with 'THANK YOU' written in yellow lettering, the man who will be Ireland's youngest Taoiseach told his 95,000 followers of his rise from an "opinionated, moody teenager" bristling at lack of educational help for his autistic brother.