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2 hours ago, CharonY said:

I am not sure whether user preference is a any better, though. User engagement is the business model for almost all social media, so things that provoke and outrage are high on the list of content being pushed. These alone are enough to destabilize and radicalize, without the need of an external agenda.

I read an article that claimed developers change the algorithm by region to promote different content, how the subject of topics change by giving the example of Chinese and American contents and claiming that the <woke> is not only an internal but also external pushed wave. 

It depends on the reason. If it's true that TikTok algorithm changes not by the user preference but by the corporate's political agenda it should be carefully investigated, it is a fact that social media highly affects our psychology and perception on world thus it can be tagged as a threat if all the allegations are correct, also data is a huge issue there. It is not a secret that U.S government has a specific program to process data in a way to create a pre-emptive security (which the United Kingdom holds an access to a degree) but some branches of government pursue a better transparent path to inform public, Fusion Centers could be an example to a degree, however overseeing Chinese government's activities on harvesting and processing data is almost impossible so I would lean on banning the app.