Despite concern China will use TikTok to push Chinese propaganda, TikTok's recommendation algorithm sent millions of viewers to videos that showed one of China's most embarrassing geopolitical blunders.
The world’s most popular app, used by roughly 100 million in the United States, has been constantly criticized in Washington as a platform that the Chinese government could use to shape and censor what Americans see.
“My wife and I were watching that video’s views go up as the minutes went by. We hit a million in an hour and 20 minutes,” Comey told The Post. Many commenters, he said, were excited to watch the global squabble play out in real-time on their phones. “I bet the pilot who got to shoot that was stoked!” one commenter said.TikTok’s critics have argued that the spy balloon should serve as a reminder of the threat posed by China’s surveillance and propaganda work. Rep.
But many of the most popular TikTok videos around the episode haven’t looked like Chinese propaganda at all. They’ve come from authoritative U.S.-based news channels. They’ve poked fun at the Chinese government. And, in some cases, they’ve featured loud, proud American patriots.
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