Trump's beef with TikTok is an existential threat to the internet

Comedians like Sarah Cooper have used the Chinese-owned social video app to make fun of the president, but there's more at stake than his bruised ego

If you'd heard of former Google designer Sarah Cooper at the start of 2020, it was probably because you were familiar with an old mega-viral post she wrote, titled 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings.

Cooper had quit her job to pursue a full-time career in online comedy, and was ticking along with YouTube subscriber numbers in the low six figures. Then, this year, she discovered two things. The first was TikTok, and the second was a style of parodying Donald Trump by miming his words.