Overview

• On August 11, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner announced plans for an official German Bundestag TikTok account to showcase parliamentary work.
• Klöckner said the move aims to reach young people where they inform themselves and to help stabilize democracy through trustworthy content.
• The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection continues to advise against TikTok on federal devices, citing ByteDance’s Chinese ties and potential data-security risks.
• The Bundestag already engages citizens on Instagram, YouTube, X, Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn and WhatsApp, while parties like the AfD and the @TeamBundeskanzler channel are active on TikTok.
• Officials have not yet disclosed the channel’s launch schedule, governance framework, content-moderation policies or technical privacy safeguards.