Okay, but if I were an American civilian TikTok user, why should I care? If you're saying we shouldn't support China financially, I agree, but TikTok doesn't e

Okay, but if I were an American civilian TikTok user, why should I care? If you're saying we shouldn't support China financially, I agree, but TikTok doesn't even scratch the surface on the ways in which Americans give money to Chinese companies. Banning TikTok might be the start of a larger set of sanctions against China, but that would have massive economic implications for the US, which aren't likely to be popular. I doubt this will happen. So banning TikTok as an economic sanction is a pretty meaningless gesture. If you're saying we should be worried about TikTok collecting data on us: again, I agree, but I think we should be more concerned about American companies and government agencies collecting information on us. Every time I know of an American civilian has been arrested, shot by law enforcement, canceled, etc., it has been due to actions of Americans. Has even a single action been taken by the CCP against an American civilian? Privacy is a fundamental human right, and it's unacceptable for the CCP, the US government, or US companies to violate that right. But if we're trying to protect ourselves, it makes sense to protect against the entities that are actually attacking us, and for US civilians, that's not the CCP. I don't see a strong argument for banning TikTok here that doesn't also apply to Facebook, Instagram, Google, or any of the various other corporations that collect data on you and then sell it to whoever will pay for it. EDIT: I'm sure the person who downvoted this post in the time it took for the page to refresh after posting it read the whole thing. /s