TikTok time-bomb

摘要

IF THIS ARTICLE were a TikTok video, it would already be almost over—and you would be smiling. TikTok's 15-second clips are all the rage among teenage netizens. The app was downloaded more than 750m times in the past 12 months, more than Fa-cebook plus its sister services, Instagram and WhatsApp, combined. Fun aside, TikTok raises serious questions—about data geopolitics, the power of internet incumbents and who sees what online.