> how about the US government put a firm privacy policy that forbids TikTok, [...] from collecting excessive data on users? This wouldn't address the way the C

> how about the US government put a firm privacy policy that forbids TikTok, [...] from collecting excessive data on users? This wouldn't address the way the CCP can use TikTok for subversion of America, vis-a-vis foreign election interference by Russia on social media in 2016. > Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and co The American government has more options with American corporations, these companies aren't intrinsically linked to foreign governments in the way that TikTok is to the CCP. However, the EU should probably kick these American social media companies out of the EU.