In my opinion, Tik Tok, as a social media platform and in that role, when talking about its negative impact to its consumers is no different from any of the other social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter). Facebook literally promoted content that promoted violence in Rohingya leading to the coup in Myanmar and has also been brought in for questioning to answer for their mining and stealing of personal data of Americans. The driver and key difference though behind this Tik Tok ban is because the US government does not have control over what is seen on it, what ends up trending on it and thereby, what Americans end up seeing more on it.
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