[4gotunameagain]

Think about it a bit more clearly. Douyin in china might be entirely different than the douyin you see when you check it out with a western ip.

By checking douyin.com from my device, my ip and my advertising fingerprint, I cannot have any clue how douyin behaves if I download it from a chinese phone, in china.

[Jochim]

I clearly state that possibility in my comment and explain why I think it's unlikely.

The base claim was that ByteDance was pushing sexualised content on TikTok while policing it on Douyin. This makes zero sense given that TikTok's web content was sanitised. Douyin being awash with sexualised content implies an audience for that content in China, further weakening the argument that this is some sort of targeted attack.

The alternative is that Douyin thirst traps are some sort of co-ordinated attack on the west. Despite not being available in the western app or translated in any way.

[4gotunameagain]

Your basic premise is false. We do not know what Douyin shows in china. Your entire reasoning falls apart and makes no sense.