So just like the other platforms, but for China instead of the US? (aka: "It's bad when you do it, not when we do it").
All social media with attention management may be weaponized and has generally proven to be unhealthy for society. TikTok happens to be actively worse for a number of reasons, one of them being that it is designed to be so.
If Xi wants to show you ponies, you'll see them all over tiktok tomorow.
One exmaple of many. If Biden doesn't want you seeing something, the white house will put pressure on social media companies to censor it.
Also: The 5th Circuit panel found that the White House coerced the platforms through “intimidating messages and threats of adverse consequences” and commandeered the decision-making processes of social media companies, particularly in handling pandemic-related and 2020 election posts.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/09/08/biden-adminis...
To say they were free to refuse is disingeneous.
If a cartel member comes up to you and tells you to give him your wallet or there might be "consequences", do you think you are free to refuse him?
However, this is contrary to China, who has never really pressured any Chinese organization to do anything. This is because they don't need to use pressure. They can just do it. Because there is no concept of "private organization" in China. The state has all the power.
It's so tellingly naive when people try to equivocate the US to China.
About one half (!) of all UNGA emergency special sessions are about its conflicts, for crying out loud. :) This nothingcountry of <10 million people entertains the whole UN for the last 80 years or so almost constantly.
The world has grown by 4 billion people during that time, lol. Most of that time social media did not even exist.
A society's strength comes from its unity of will and resolve. Social media can be used to attack that unity... and has, not just by China.