I'd call your reasoning shallow, but there isn't any. You state a bunch of stuff about a hammer and conclude "therefore TikTok cannot influence public opinion.

I'd call your reasoning shallow, but there isn't any. You state a bunch of stuff about a hammer and conclude "therefore TikTok cannot influence public opinion." It is manifestly obvious that many advertisers pay TikTok huge sums of money to literally influence not merely public opinion (of their products) but to incite action (buying those products). Tiktok has incited action on its own behalf: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/business/tiktok-phone-calls-congress.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/business/tiktok-phone-cal... https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/press-releases/moolenaar-krishnamoorthi-call-inquiry-whether-tiktok-broke-child-privacy-laws https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/press-releas... Your claims are ridiculous and your arguments are nonexistent.