German MP tries to counter AfD’s TikTok dominance with slang-filled video

Christian Durr's 75-second video, part of efforts to challenge far right party's influence on platform, triggers slew of cringe' comments

Fremdscham, the German word for feeling embarrassment that should rightly belong to someone else, may have been invented for many politicians' ham-fisted attempts to make good use of TikTok.

Last week, the MP Christian Durr stoically endured an internet shitstorm - as squalls of virtual vitriol are known even in Germany - for his 75-second video on the popular video-hosting service, which in Germany is now dominated by the far right.