Oh boy, here come some of the political thoughts i have about this

I don't use tiktok and it's not banned in my country.
While i can see the bad effects it can cause to some like people struggling to focus & leading to them having a shorter attention span, seeing everything as "content", losing the capacity to do their own research because they over-rely on an algorithm that can lead them to misinformation, it's also a shame because we all know that tiktok is not banned in the US for that but to limit the capacity of US citizens to be informed and organizing on important political subjects.

If it wasn't for tiktok, people wouldn't be as aware about the atrocities palestinians are subjected to, how capitalism/technofeudalism is screwing them over, how a lot of people may share a similar sentiment over a rich ceo getting murked in the street for perpetrating a system that cause thousands to die over health issues that could be accomadated or resolved in a country that has a free public healthcare while getting their money stolen by his & his friend's companies...
Tik tok ended up being a radicalizing tool for many who hopes for a better future and people in power can't have that.
And we can also talk about the sinophobic attitude & they can't have China steal your datas (which is eyerolling knowing they let other social medias do it but it's fine since it's american. Tiktok is also a company from Singapour)

It makes the fact that Rednote, an actual chinese app, is taking off due to the result of the ban even more funnier & it's nice to see the new userbase, who mostly seems to see thru all the bs behind what politicians are spouting, & the chinese one seemingly get along & have fun memeing about being each other spies & sending pictures of their cats. I hope this will go on & remain civil for a while & counter the sinophobic sentiment some western governments are trying to impose on their populations.