"You’d like to think that the conversion of TikTok into a far right wing safe space will cause a mass exodus of ethical people off of the platform, but as...with Twitter...not really something you can truly rely on. You’d... like to think that the hijacking of TikTok will create the opportunity for innovators to create a better, more ethical short-form video platform not owned by assholes...cheering on the destruction of foundational democracy. Here too, time will tell." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/trump-makes-it-very-clear-theyre-going-to-turn-tiktok-into-a-right-wing-propaganda-machine/