Vincent de Cointet
Director
TikTok: Under the Influence (2025)
Season 1
The most downloaded app in the world is raising serious geopolitical concerns. How did TikTok become a central player in the ongoing trade and political tensions between Beijing and Washington? As a key decision looms regarding its future in the United States, this documentary offers an in-depth look at the platform and sheds light on the growing global battle over data control.
Released April 5, 2025
Episode 47 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.social-media, tmdb.geopolitics, tmdb.political-debate, tmdb.china-civil-war, tmdb.big-data, tmdb.political-documentary, tmdb.observational-documentary + 8 more, tmdb.chinese-communist-party, tmdb.personal-data, tmdb.social-media-challenge, tmdb.data-protection, tmdb.data-privacy, tmdb.ban-social-media, tmdb.social-media-victims-law-center, imdb.tv-mini-series
Production Companies: Morgane Production, ARTE
Network: ARTE
7.0
S1E1 - Episode 1
With 1.7 billion users, TikTok is at the center of a global power struggle. This investigation explores its ties to Beijing, the worldwide data war, and how social media has become a new tool of influence and surveillance.
April 5, 2025, midnight
7.0
S1E2 - Episode 2
As a growing rival to U.S. platforms, TikTok faces accusations of censorship and mass data collection. Despite efforts to appear independent from the Chinese Communist Party, skepticism remains. In 2024, a U.S. law demands its sale or ban—but Trump’s re-election adds a twist of uncertainty.
April 5, 2025, midnight
ARTE
47 min/ep
94 min
April 5, 2025
April 5, 2025, midnight
Ended
NR
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