If they can't control it and it gets too popular, they will shut it down. I don't think TikTok is some shining example of free speech, but controlling the most popular social spaces for the youth, one where revolutionary talk has been rising, is vital to maintaining the status quo. They need the next generation to buy into their ideology and remain complacent.
"Sell TikTok to a US company or get banned."
If they can't control it and it gets too popular, they will shut it down. I don't think TikTok is some shining example of free speech, but controlling the most popular social spaces for the youth, one where revolutionary talk has been rising, is vital to maintaining the status quo. They need the next generation to buy into their ideology and remain complacent.