A public relations department of the Chinese government tried to set up a covert account on TikTok that would spread propaganda to Western viewers, says Bloomberg according to private messages it has acquired. The initiative, which was rejected by TikTok executives, shows internal conflicts within the rapidly expanding social media app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Inc. and has made repeated efforts to remove itself from Chinese official influence. In an April 2020 message sent to Elizabeth Kanter, TikTok’s head of government relations for the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, and Israel, a TikTok coworker flagged a Chinese government entity that’s...