The way I see it... If ByteDance is letting the Chinese government use their other app, Douyin, as a propaganda platform for the CCP and banning entire races f

The way I see it... If ByteDance is letting the Chinese government use their other app, Douyin, as a propaganda platform for the CCP and banning entire races from using it in their native language on their direction: https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/xinjiang-china-tiktok-uyghur/ https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/xinjiang-china-... And entering joint ventures with CCP owned media companies https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bytedance-filing/bytedance-unit-establishes-venture-with-chinese-state-media-firm-idUSKBN1YI099 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bytedance-filing/bytedanc... ... then why shouldn't people assume they're not independent of the CCP?