The "tiktok ban" is SO MUCH WORSE than it sounds

[Deledrius]

If you're actually worried about the evils of TikTok (which is good, they are numerous!), the problem has nothing to do with their owners and everything to do with how tech companies and social media especially operate. The underlying reason that they're all hives of misinformation is their opaque algorithms that favor engagement and rage over information or human connection. By nature when what your internet machine favors is what draws attention, what will get more attention is the most sensational content, and few things are more sensational than conspiracies. Limit algorithms' ability to weight engagement, demand transparency, ban making algorithm-only feeds (this is why TikTok is worse than other social media for the most part!), give users more power to customize their feeds beyond individual blocks, and we'll see a much healthier online ecosystem. Transferring TikTok from TenCent to whatever conglomerate of right-wing billionaires buys it will only make it worse than it already is.

Nailed it. Thank you.