The privacy angle seems weird, given that US consumers don't seem to care much and domestic companies don't face nearly the same scrutiny. Still, TikTok creeps

The privacy angle seems weird, given that US consumers don't seem to care much and domestic companies don't face nearly the same scrutiny. Still, TikTok creeps me out. It's highly addictive. It has those ties to the communist party. China enforces a nerfed version of the app in their own country. > He believes that the data China can get from TikTok isn’t particularly different or more useful than what it’s accused of obtaining through hacks or can just purchase from data brokers. Pro-Chinese propaganda is no concern to him, he said, adding, “Your average 15-year-old is not going to tune into a video extolling Xi Jinping.” > Where he does see some risk is that China could use TikTok to censor, manipulate, or distribute disinformation. To me, the moderation risk is too high. With any social media company, they have a lot of power to put their thumb on the scales in regards to what type of content gets disseminated. This is a big enough problem at US companies which are not (explicitly) political. This seems like a much worse version of that.