Tick Tock was always heavier with moderation that the other socials. It was rare for content to be blocked or removed. They simply didn’t promote videos with objectionable political content. And since the nature of the platform is choosing videos for you, most users never noticed. Meta and Alphabet were taking notes and I’d be surprised if Youtube and Facebook aren’t starting to work more that way.

So the new owners are not worse than the Chinese, just less elegant and subtle.