While some propose an outright ban, others advocate for media literacy initiatives to educate users about online disinformation. As Taiwan navigates these challenges, the government is considering policies to increase transparency in TikTok’s content moderation and algorithmic operations.

A growing number of researchers fear that the controversial app is promoting pro-China content and softening attitudes towards the People’s Republic

Young Taiwanese are increasingly consuming Chinese content on TikTok, which is changing their views on identity and making them less resistant toward China, researchers and politicians were cited as saying by foreign media.

With TikTok, Beijing has a platform of its own and can manipulate the algorithm to feed users whatever content it wants. TikTok is also shown to be more addictive than other platforms due to its short-video format and its manipulation of behavioral psychology to give users a sense of instant gratification.

Returning from a brief ban, TikTok began deleting 'Free Palestine' comments. Users who switched to RedNote, however, found antisemitism

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Researchers in Taiwan are increasingly concerned that TikTok is softening young Taiwanese attitudes toward China, potentially weakening their resolve to resist annexation. A report by the Financial Times cites a 2024 poll from the ...

A number of TikTok users appear to be turning to an app called RedNote — more commonly known to its majority-Chinese audience by its Chinese name, Xiaohongshu.

TikTok’s time in the United States is counting down. But Washington is only the latest government to impose restrictions on the video app.

The controversy over TikTok in US politics reflects a broader trend — the growing entanglement of technology and politics, as was evidenced by the overwhelming attendance of tech giants at Trump’s inauguration.

China-US relations are the most important as well as most challenging bilateral relationship of the 21st century. Strengthening cooperation and properly managing differences will be beneficial to both countries and prompt them to jointly tackle global issues and make the world a better and safer place.

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