I believe it’s regulated. Kids can only spend 40 mins / day and can’t use it between 10 pm and 6 am: https://www.cnet.com/culture/tiktoks-china-equivalent-limits...

Minors can use Douyin only few hours a week. And the content in there for minors is largely educational or patriotic.

yes I googled this, the results were like 'tiktok isn't banned it's just not available'

legit question bc I am not sure: is tiktok content available to douyin users? is the web version available?

Different content, different rules for content, different product.