The fact that Tiktok voluntarily shut down its US service a few hours before an enacted law says a lot, under the circumstances (1) it doesn't have to do so proactively; (2) its CEO is one of the five tech boys invited in Trump's inauguration; (3) Tiktok popup specifically calls out its pending plot with incoming Trump administration. I bet there was already a deal between the "concerned parties" that Tiktok will be back to the US under the Trump administration, and by so doing, Tiktok will be regarded as a pro-GOP social media along with twitter, all the while Chinese government is silent in the background. Chinese government is also uncharacteristically sophisticated in handling the XiaoHongShu situation.
In the coming days and weeks, my guess is that:
(1) Tiktok will resume its service in the US, while "concerned parties" start negotiating a long term solution under the bargaining table.
(2) Tiktok gen Zs will start tilting toward Trump admin which is good for its mid-term election in the near term.
(3) DNC will lose more young voters in the next four years.
(4) Trump 2.0 will relatively be more "friendly" toward China given the sign that Hang Zheng is attending the inauguration and Trump called Xi the day before.
(5) Trump 2.0 will likely be a de facto G2 show on the international stage.
It's an optimistic theory but Trump still installed a sanctioned anti China idiot as Secretary of State.
No, Trump, indeed the entire USG
needs China to continue investing in US debt, especially since the debt window will be breached on day 2 of his presidency. That stunt with the scam coin $TRUMP was another breads and circuses to get voters onside and to start off his Presidency strong.
Apparently, US users of TikTok can come onto DouYin either via a VPN on TikTok or from an Android device or non iOS device; this means all the moderation/control is now in the hands of China based TikTok/DouYin and no longer with the US moderation team with all the Tiktok servers in the US shut down. Now, China has control over what american zoomers see and do, just as TikTok allowed them to see the atrocities in Palestine. This was a fuckup by the Americans based on a bluff to get them to hand over Tiktok to US elites.
Given what i've seen from China, i imagine more wholesome content on XHS rather than the lowest common denominator thirst traps of US based TikToks
Also,
Perhaps they've realised they've just given China access and keys to the eyes and souls of the american people and are scrambling to reverse it, yet DouYin is now accepting international phone numbers....
