'''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and ByteDance runs an likewise popular version in China known as Douyin. | '''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok, and ByteDance runs an likewise popular version in China known as Douyin. |