That's a fine take too. But, the US media has a national bias which portrays TikTok as some elaborate data collection spy network that reports to a smokefilled,

That's a fine take too. But, the US media has a national bias which portrays TikTok as some elaborate data collection spy network that reports to a smokefilled, windowless command centre with hissing Chinese communist party members keeping notes every time a teenager posts a "put a finger down" video. Both Facebook and Tiktok do the same (abusive ?) workarounds to whatever limitations are imposed by Google or Apple, but Facebook generally passes without comment in the mainstream media. Edit: Put a finger down Hackernews Edition. Put a finger down if you get downvoted for simply having a different point of view...