Table 16 Topics for negative comments on Toutiao.

From: Impact of ByteDance crisis communication strategies on different social media users

No.

Topic descriptions

Colors

Ratios

1

It is better to get out of the US market than sell to Microsoft.

Purple

40%

2

Moving TikTok’s headquarters to London will not work either.

Orange

35%

3

If ByteDance sells TikTok’s American company, the Chinese government will take over ByteDance.

Green

25%