Not only, it is also the Web 2.0 equivalent / #propaganda arm of the #Chinese Communist Party #CCP.
#Xi has learned a lot from the #US' use of #SoftPower in #Movies and #Music. This is a strategic next generation mass #PsyOps platform.
I am positive that even if someone were to offer Beijing #Bytedance Technology the double of #TikTok's current market value, the #CCP would intervene. It is far too valuable from a #geostrategic point of view.
One example:
https://mstdn.social/@TheEuropeanNetwork/111046160887783342