Comment by hammock

The bigger deal (bigger than the tracking that people usually focus on) might be how the algorithm is specifically tuned to reward dumb content in the US, compared to rewarding STEM and other educational content in China.

One minute video that explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hus9fWz0RRk

Further reading: https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/tiktok-china-engineering-oth...