Frequent TikTok users in Taiwan more likely to agree with pro-China narratives, study finds

Taiwanese people who spend large amounts of time on TikTok are more likely to agree with some pro-China narratives, a survey has suggested. In Taiwan, there are rules against TikTok being used on government devices. In 2019, the Guardian revealed how ByteDance used TikTok to advance Beijing’s foreign policy aims by moderating sensitive content. Titus C Chen, a research fellow at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University, said the vast majority of TikTok users “aren’t actively seeking out political content when they use the platform”. “So it’s very unlikely you’ll come across much content on TikTok that supports liberal democracy.”Additional research by Jason Tzu Kuan Lu