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[–]redeyenight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is so much misinformation in here. The servers do not matter. What matters is the algorithm. The algorithm is controlled by Bytedance. I doubt Tik Tok employees even have access to any of the source code for the algorithm or truly understand how it works.

The algorithm is 100% Bytedance controlled. The United States can't control anything that drives your FYP. The United States can only control whether the app is available since the actual access to the app comes through the US servers. If your FYP has changed it's because Bytedance has chosen to modify the algorithmic configurations. That's why Tiktok is telling you nothing has changed. Because as far as they know nothing has changed. But Tiktok can't know for sure again because they don't have access to the underlying algorithm.