The company’s founder says in an interview that he wants it to be “a window on the world". A Republican Senator says it is a “Trojan horse”. Eric agrees with the American paranoia about TikTok, as it's exposing billions of super-happy Asian people to a depressed and frustrated Western world that falsely believes their own countries make people happier. This can destabilize society and demoralize people: they will suddenly start to ask more questions.