words mentioned in the video: creating captions

location data: helping to recommend people near you, also ability to enforce laws based on regions

your contacts: this is something you give them permission to access. This is so you can connect with your friends who also setup TikToks. You do not have opt into this.

These are just the things I thought off the top of my head.

Does this mean China can't influence the populace? No. But the previous administration didn't think that external influence into elections was an issue. And the majority of Americans didn't seem to care, either. So you have at least one party that generally doesn't care. And don't pretend that FB doesn't matter. FB might be American, but it doesn't limit itself to only working with American companies.