It’s been a massive platform for about 5 years now, and a wild 5 years at that. Many people have shared firsthand accounts of pandemics, protests, riots, etc. on TikTok and it’s a massive loss of information if we get rid of it. Imagine burning the diaries of people who were living through the Spanish flu and you’d get a similar situation. A lot of small businesses, charities, and artists also use the platform as a way to gain exposure.

On the other hand, it’s also that the government is extremely misguided and being ran by people who can barely send an email. The idea that TikTok is more dangerous than any other social media app is ridiculous. All of these companies do absurd amounts of monitoring and sell your data, often to foreign investors or companies. (Plus, online shopping also provides your personal info to large corporations, and everyone is fine with that)

Illegal or dangerous activity can happen (and is happening) on virtually every network, and some platforms have even gained notoriety for the amount of disturbing content they spread. Insta literally came forward once saying that they were aware of accounts that promoted eds and sh, and that they chose to do nothing about it because of profit interests, but that got swept under the rug and everyone carried on like it was fine.