"The logic then follows that the CCP would also implement similar controls over the U.S. version of the app, and there's long been speculation that Chinese officials could use this power to seed censoring anti-China narratives."
"It enables it to promote pro-China narratives, and influence perspectives on such outside of the Chinese mainland. It ensures that China maintains a level of control over what can trend in other nations, with some suggestions that the CCP is happy to see antisocial behavior, like prank videos, gain traction and distract the youth in other regions."
Chinese authorities could extend content controls to foreign versions of the app, enabling algorithmic moderation and intervention beyond the mainland. Such controls could be used to suppress anti-China narratives and to amplify pro-China messaging aimed at shaping international perceptions. Maintaining influence over trending content abroad would allow selective promotion of material that supports strategic narratives while permitting distracting or antisocial content, such as prank videos, to proliferate. These tactics could alter information environments in other nations, affect youth attention and behavior, and influence public discourse through curated visibility and algorithmic prioritization of specific topics.
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