Make no mistake, it's not only that the capitalists in the states can't compete and want it gone, it's that they can't control the message. Musk owns twitter and it's lurched to the right, Facebook burying any Gaza data, the algorithm at alphabet is going to insure pro genocide propaganda gets top rank page position. But tiktok? It's a loose Cannon and that is why they are shutting it down. Don't believe they won't come after the lemmyverse next y'all. Spreading 'enemy disinformation' by sharing photos of dismembered Palestinian children. It is an information war and we are on the front lines.
Tiktok is already partially owned by a trumper billionaire (Jeff Yass) so i dont buy that its some pro palestine leftist platform that capitalists want to shut down. If it was trump would want it gone but hes already listening to his billionaire friend and might prevent it from getting banned in exchange for more stake/control. I actually doubt trump would even be president rn if tiktok had been banned a year ago.