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... I do not think that it's immune? I don't see where I implied this, sorry if I was unclear. ^^'

This specific campaign was done via TikTok, though, and had massive impact, which shows that TikTok has heavy usage and is popular, outside of the US and China.

(I'm not American, I have no horse in this "ban foreign TikTok" race. :D)

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Sorry me neither english no good the thing I'm trying to understand why do you think they used TikTok over YT shorts or Instagram Reels? What makes it better suited from a coding POV usage numbers suggest comparable MAUs for all three

That it was done via TikTok was widely reported by news outlets on all sides of the political spectrum where I live.

Why they've done it via TikTok - I simply don't know. :D

Maybe better discoverability via the For You page?

aw man disappointing was hoping someone had a dataset for rating discoverability, platform bias etc tired of news from all spectrums :)

maybe next Christmas if I'm not on the Santa naughty list

Yeah, actual comparable hard data would be nice, agreed :D

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