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How one of the biggest political TikTokers actually makes a living
Vitus “V” Spehar is the face behind Under the Desk News, a TikTok channel with 3.1 million subscribers.
Every weekday, V sifts through news websites in search of six to eight stories they deem important enough to share with their audience. V then condenses each story into a bite-size snippet, crawls under a desk, and creates a 90-second video that highlights the happenings of the day. In the latest episode of my new creator-focused video series, I spend a day with V to figure out why the hell they continue to do it and, more importantly, how they feel about the looming ban that threatens their main subscriber base.
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