The thing is, the non-truth is more fun than the real truth. This stuff about Mr. Carney, etc., on TikTok is much more interesting than presumably the rather boring guy he probably is in real life, like me, so of course people like it.
The problem is, if we're going to get into a situation in which we know the stuff is not true and we don't care, is it the end of civilization as we know it? It's pretty disturbing when people don't want to have fact-based information at their disposal.
I hear you on this, and that does seem to be the trend, but I think it's incumbent on the government to do something about such things as TikTok. Providing a service that appeals to young people in the same way but doesn't send enormous amounts of data to China would be a good idea. So far, Canada has not been prepared to do that, although if I understand correctly, parliamentarians are not allowed to have TikTok on their official devices, so that's a good thing.
How can we go against young people who clearly are not interested in concerns about their personal data or the fact that the algorithm is subtly shaping their perception of the world in a way that is favourable to nondemocratic and autocratic forces and is supporting the agendas of billionaires and awful dictators around the world?