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I don’t think they were doing much TBH. TikTok is a cesspool. The presence of such a team was likely just theater.
What kind of content makes it a cesspool? I’m sure I believe you but I don’t use tiktok. Is it something like white nationalism on X or CCP propaganda or something else?
Mitt Romney explains why here: https://youtu.be/4e9RtmOYR6g
Not so much the content as the aggressive disinterest in the user’s wellbeing.