This is a lame accusation.
I told my personal reasons for my opinion, do you want to stop me from contributing because of my opinion?
I am not pro-anything and I did not give a hint about my opinion pro/contra china, I think the reason you assume this is on your side.
It is right that TikTok could also hide the video from everyone who does not want to see it. Maybe they deleted it completely because they failed to know who does not want to see it.
They should work on this behaviour, but I can understand that they choose this way if the time to react is limited because the video already got trending.
I don't understand why TikTok apologizes for this.
Personally, I am using TikTok to relax my mind and free my thoughts. I don't want to see any abuse, harm, violence etc. If I wanted, I would just watch news or something else.
For me, one purpose of TikTok is to get in a bubble for some time where there real world and all the bad problems don't exist. A bubble does not have to be bad if you are using it on purpose.
If this is considered as a feature for TikTok, it is only logical to hide abusive/violent content. Free speech for some political/religious group has lower priorities than keeping users in the bubble. I think this is totally legit. TikTok serves entertainment, not free speech or political discussions.
I am not pro-anything and I did not give a hint about my opinion pro/contra china, I think the reason you assume this is on your side.
It is right that TikTok could also hide the video from everyone who does not want to see it. Maybe they deleted it completely because they failed to know who does not want to see it. They should work on this behaviour, but I can understand that they choose this way if the time to react is limited because the video already got trending.