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Recruits with "TikTok" for the German army

This is imperative to compete for the best minds, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said

The German army plans to use the app for short videos "TikTok" for the recruitment of new recruits, DPA reported, quoted by BTA, quoting a statement of the Ministry of Defense of the country from yesterday.

"To compete with the best minds, the use of "TikTok" is absolutely imperative," said a spokeswoman for the Bundeswehr. To that end, at the end of this month, recruitment boards are starting to implement a new application-based approach, using a purpose-built program.

According to the spokeswoman, whom DPA did not name, "it is essential that the Bundeswehr reaches out to young people in a place where they can get information and exchange ideas digitally.