TikTokers are coping with the app's potential ban with an unusual trend: by bidding farewell to their “personal Chinese detective.” This trend, which pokes fun at the security concerns surrounding the app, thanks users for letting their “spy” keep an eye on them and fill their For You page with entertaining content, while others Publicity That they would prefer to share their data directly with the Chinese government rather than switching to Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts.
a postwhich received over 1.5 million likes, depicts an emotional scene squid game With the caption, “I'm saying goodbye to my Chinese spy on the 19th (he completed my algorithm).” Other TikTokers are speaking , and song – in Chinese, while some pretend to be “spies” powering individual algorithms.
“It has been a great honor to spy on you for the past few years,” TikToker yanxiao1003 Says in a video. “I wish you all the best in the future…Laura from California, you shouldn't drink so much Coca-Cola, it's bad for your health.”