ByteDance may be using the app to collect data on Americans and pass it on to the Chinese government. The app’s algorithms also are capable of influencing public opinion in the United States, where the platform has about 150 million users.
  • ex10n@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Censorship in this case would be banning short form videos, not a platform they can be hosted on.