Because you'll never be able to prove it, but the proof is arguably in it's effects... whether it's riling up domestic activists to block naval operations in ho

Because you'll never be able to prove it, but the proof is arguably in it's effects... whether it's riling up domestic activists to block naval operations in home ports, messaging your entire userbase in-country to DDoS elected representatives or drive political violence through mis/disinformation . I think the entire western world should unify to push TikTok out and at the very least ban all types of "recommendation" algorithms on foreign and domestic social media applications. Free market economics be damned pull out the regulation stick and go whacking