Stopping this whole sale of tic tok thing. Briefly.

It seemed genuinely disconcerting to these people that youth were engaging in the political process by the officially sanctioned methods. After decades complaining about “apathetic youth”.

But that can’t be used as a post hoc rationalization for the initiative it was trying to stop. Also, it didn’t work did it. So the efficacy of this “manipulation” ability is rather questionable.

Franz Ferdinand is the most correct answer in this comment thread.