But conspiracy theories that say otherwise are coming for democracy itself.
'The entire world knows exactly why the U.S. is trying to ban TikTok,' James Li declared on March 16 to his nearly 100,000 followers on the social-media platform. His video then cut to a subtitled clip of a Taiwanese speaker purportedly discussing how 'TikTok inadvertently offended the Jewish people' by hosting pro-Palestinian content. 'The power of the Jewish people in America is definitely more scary than Trump,' the speaker goes on. 'They have created the options: either ban or sell to the Americans. In reality, it's neither-it's selling to a Jewish investment group.'