TikTok is being used by CCP for influence operations. However, it is now under control of CCP nationalists and has been taken away from CCP globalists who were previously coordinating operations with CIA. Just like Twitter/X, it is a problem for CIA in the information war because their globalist narrative is no longer monolithic, and counter-narratives are demolishing them continuously.
TikTok is competition and all competition, if it cannot be controlled, must be eliminated.
Reframe events in context of CCP faction Civil War underway since ~2015-2018 “anti-corruption purge” by Xi that targeted globalist factions led by two previous leaders prior to Xi.
TikTok is being used by CCP for influence operations. However, it is now under control of CCP nationalists and has been taken away from CCP globalists who were previously coordinating operations with CIA. Just like Twitter/X, it is a problem for CIA in the information war because their globalist narrative is no longer monolithic, and counter-narratives are demolishing them continuously.
TikTok is competition and all competition, if it cannot be controlled, must be eliminated.