Plans to continue livestreaming council meetings have sparked fears of Mickey Mouse-themed TikTok parodies.

Dover council is considering whether to make its broadcasts permanent and leave them on record for 30 days.

But this led to concerns from some councillors that members of the public could change their voices or make memes from the recordings.

At a full council meeting on Wednesday all councillors agreed on the theory of livestreaming meetings but Cllr Susan Beer (Lab) suggested a delay to leaving meetings on record.

She claimed members of the council didn't fully understand the proposal and further training should be carried out.

But after Conservative councillors admitted they were "speechless" by her opposition to the plans, Cllr Beer said she had been misinterpreted or misunderstood by her counterparts.

She said: “What I’m suggesting is the implications of us being broadcast, the things that could happen haven’t been mentioned.

“For example, if our esteemed chairman suddenly turned up in a TikTok video doing silly dances and singing funny songs, what would we do?

“One of my big concerns is that if somebody revoices me as Mickey Mouse, I will deal with that, but if they revoice me and turn me into an extreme racist person, I would be very upset.

“I’m talking about risk to our reputation as a council, not just councillors, we’re already at risk but nevertheless has anyone sat down with anyone here to talk about more than just how to push buttons.

“Has anyone thought of that, because those are the risks I’m talking about."

At one point during her speech council chairman Michael Conolly (Cons) joked she'd been "peeping" on him dancing.

Of all the 12 district and borough councils across Kent, 10 regularly broadcast meetings, either via YouTube, Microsoft Teams, Skype or via audio.

But not all retain the footage afterwards, notably both Dover District Council and Sevenoaks District Council do not.

Cllr Pam Brivio (Lab) also supported her party colleague and said: “We’re not frightened of it, we’re quite happy to have it.

“Watching this meeting this evening, I think it’s clear people aren’t familiar with these controls (voting with a button), let alone that they’re being recorded.

“I think it’s about good practice, I’m used to being recorded as a Kent County Council member and they’ve had recordings for years, but that still didn’t stop people falling asleep.”

The amendment was defeated and the original proposal to keep meetings on record for 30 days was instead passed.

Summarising the debate portfolio holder for digital strategy Cllr Chris Vinson (Cons) said: “I think it’s only fair to say I understand the motivation behind the amendment, because it is a reasonable concern, and that’s why I’m proposing we keep this under review for six months.

“I was at an event recently for people considering going up for elections and one topic was how you would be considered by the public and how your behaviour is something you keep in mind.

“I think we all need to have that in mind, but that doesn’t mean in today’s age people can’t misinterpret things you say or doing something inappropriate.”