--- title: Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media description: The potential ban of TikTok and Instagram's downranking of political content are raising concerns about Gen Z's access to political news. Instagram is not seen... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gen-z-is-losing-its-political-voice-on-social-media-0mttusmsw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media | daily.dev og:description: The potential ban of TikTok and Instagram's downranking of political content are raising concerns about Gen Z's access to political news. Instagram is not seen... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gen-z-is-losing-its-political-voice-on-social-media-0mttusmsw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0mtTuSmSW.png og:image:alt: Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The potential ban of TikTok and Instagram's downranking of political content are raising concerns about Gen Z's access to political news. Instagram is not seen as a viable alternative for political content creators. President Biden's presence on TikTok while also supporting its ban is seen as hypocritical. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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