Libs of Tick Talk - A Twitter Account That's Been Driving a Lot of Hysterics Around Grumers

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Libs of ticktok has racked up nearly a million followers as a publishing time. The goal is to drive heat towards algb t people, specifically transpeople. But the power of libs of tick talk isn't just making videos of liberal teachers and others go viral on twitter. It's in who is watching these vidios, who is following this account.

Accounts like “Libs of TikTok” are fueling right-wing media to label people who speak openly about sexuality and gender as “groomers.” Vox’s Aja Romano and the Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz explain this age-old practice.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained

Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices