Social media platforms like TikTok can have negative implications for politics, especially in the way they are utilized by the hard right in developed democracies.

“now sometimes we can look at Tik Tok and I often look at Tik Tok and worry about its implications for politics um particularly in the way that the hard right use it in in in some of the developed democracies”

The divestment of TikTok is an example of crony capitalism that essentially hands control of a powerful algorithm from the Chinese Communist Party to political donors.

“TikTok is such a fascinating problem because here it is, it's an algorithm that is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Now it will be controlled by Trump's uh friends and boosters. No, it's a huge deal and and it's shocking.”