My take: This isn't about China, not really. They're not trying to ban all apps from China, or all social media apps controlled by foreign governments. Chine

My take: This isn't about China, not really. They're not trying to ban all apps from China, or all social media apps controlled by foreign governments. Chinese spyware apps masquerading as video games are apparently fine, if they don't have users generating and sharing content. And hypothetical manipulative social media owned/controlled by a foreign government isn't banned, unless that government happens to be on the naughty list (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuelan.) If the government of Pakistan makes a popular social media app to manipulate and spy on the American public, that's A-Okay with this bill because Pakistan isn't on that list. This is really about TikTok specifically. The real reason? TikTok and their userbase pioneered depths of cringe so extreme, revulsion to it cuts across all political boundaries.