By Post Editorial Board
Publication Date: 2026-03-31 19:31:00
Critics of social-media platforms are rejoicing over two rulings last week that aim to hold Meta and Google accountable for harm inflicted on kids — but what about Tik Tok, likely the worst offender in this space?
Our biggest single gripe with President Donald Trump may be that he end-ran the bipartisan law that should’ve forced China’s government to completely divest from the company, or see it banned in the United States.
Boo, too, on the Republicans in Congress who stepped aside and let him do it.
Yes, Beijing-controlled ByteDance now owns “only” about a fifth of TikTok, with US firms controlling the rest, but that doesn’t address the nature of its algorithm — which evidently pushes the Chinese Communist Party line on top of promoting toxic behavior.
Post investigations established what TikTok pushes on 14-year-olds: Girls got videos “promoting underage drinking and gun violence,” plus content encouraging them to wallow in depression,…
