>But there's nothing impossible about it. The claim that you can *control* people's minds via TikTok is a pretty big claim. You can influence behaviour, but wh

>But there's nothing impossible about it. The claim that you can *control* people's minds via TikTok is a pretty big claim. You can influence behaviour, but what the OP is suggesting is highly outlandish and almost certainly impossible (particularly the homophobic fear that TikTok can turn kids gay). Remember that the advertising industry has been trying to control people's minds via all kinds of media for over a century, but is still only moderately successful at it. Historically, the Soviet intelligence services used to think that they were very good at spreading Communist propaganda within Western countries. In many ways they were. And yet, not many Westerners became Communists. Just look at this guy explain how successfully the Soviets are subverting US public opinion only a few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErKTVdETpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErKTVdETpw