None of this is inconsistent with changing the level of amplification of certain topics in concordance with the preferences of the CCP, which is what the evidence appears to point to.
Are you talking about that one "study" that claimed the TikTok algorithm aligned with CCP interests that was about as rigorous as a high school science fair project?
There's also the court filing by Yintao Yu, formerly head of engineering for ByteDance, claiming the same thing. https://archive.is/9eUWX
That's Hong Kong, which is under China's jurisdiction.
No I’m talking about an independent analysis by Times
Without taking sides here, I'm not sure this reply meets hn argumentation reqs.