The moderation is a definite net positive. Though those with political viewpoints opposite a given user and anti-vaxxers have abused the stringent moderation to wantonly get videos taken down or users’ live stream disabled. Growing pains.
Their moderation was effective at growing the platform, but pretty horrific in its own right.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/16/21181496/tiktok-ugly-poor...