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 Dürr 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.
