TikTok really is a great example of something that does suck, but the primary reasons the media seized upon for Why It's Bad are totally wrong. Legislators aren't looking into it for using people's data, they're looking into it for being Chinese-owned, and want it to do literally everything the same but have Americans doing it. The media isn't focusing on how it's encouraged privacy violations for content or the addiction loops it's designed around, they're freaking out about Dangerous TikTok Challenges, most of which are Rainbow Parties-level of unfounded, and doing this after it was revealed Facebook paid to plant a lot of those stories, something that was dramatically exposed and then just kinda forgotten by everyone?

Hellooo, how are you?