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TikTok is a social media platform where users can share videos and comment on each other&#039;s posts. The app has about 500 million users and features content anywhere from lip-syncing videos to food tutorials. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)

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This post was updated Feb. 21 at 11:12 a.m. Gen Z’ers across the globe are becoming engrossed in the world of untapped talent, peculiar humor and political innuendos – all in the span of 15-second videos.

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The Quad: Looking into why TikTok has become so popular, the kind of content it produces

By Samantha Dorfan

Feb. 20, 2020 8:57 p.m.