The EFF's 2020 take on this is still pretty good: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/tiktok-ban-seed-genuine-security-concern-wrapped-thick-layer-censorship

The EFF's 2020 take on this is still pretty good: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/tiktok-ban-seed-genuine-security-concern-wrapped-thick-layer-censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/tiktok-ban-seed-genuin... In addition to that, I think its hypocritical, with how much the U.S. (rightly) goes on about internet censorship in other countries. And its a terrible precedent.