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Macron speaks of "Cognitive Warfare": Does China want to "dumb down" Europe's children with TikTok?

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks of a "Cognitive War": China is said to offer children domestically a more educational version of TikTok than to young people in Europe.

The same logo, but not the same content: While China's youth is provided with educationally valuable content, Europe's youth receives almost exclusively shallow, "dumbing down" entertainment on TikTok, criticizes France's President Macron. He even speaks of China's "Cognitive War".

How much truth is there to this? A comparison of the feed for the user profile of a 13-year-old on the two platforms of the Chinese provider can be found in the video.

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