If you have not seen any video about such a prominent and important topic, then that speaks for itself. Keep the users in the happy zone, don't shake them awake from the illusion of a peaceful well functioning world of consumption.
If they don't care for this kind of content, they simply won't see it. It's the same the other way around.
And nothing else? Show me the data.
The problem is that it feels like they just show users what they want, that there are no thumbs on the scale, but then they hide the scale! There is no transparency.
>There is no transparency.
Hey Google! What is Project Texas?
Thumbs are for boomers. Either you watch it, or you keep scrolling. Of course the scale is hidden, it only messes up the UX, basically like exposed wiring
> And nothing else? Show me the data.
Well then do your own research and see if it's any different from my empirical evidence. Why play a guessing game?
> There is no transparency.
There never is for a product.
What is it saying, then? Are you saying TikTok is doing Good Stuff (aka propaganda) for the US government and other western governments? Because that sounds an awful lot like doing what those governments would want TikTok to do, and the opposite of what TikTok gets accused of doing.