he can get 4-5 oscars in one movie, for just 2 minute appearance: voice, acting, comedy, action categories

He was totally right as usual.

That doesn't mean that Tik Tok is not collecting data that is fed *directly* (no subpoemas required) to the various Chinese agencies, and even more importantly, that it is actively used by the CCP to disseminate propaganda and psyops amongst the Western youth.