Count me as directly opposed to this point of view. I've read all the news reports about the imaginary threat from TikTok. It's entirely conjecture and "Red Sca

Count me as directly opposed to this point of view. I've read all the news reports about the imaginary threat from TikTok. It's entirely conjecture and "Red Scaremongering" that happens every time the US faces a new global competitor. There are absolutely no facts underlying this hysteria. Let's assume TikTok is an arm of China's military. What can they do? Get info and track people; they could buy this information from data brokers right now. Influence people via social media; they have already done this on Facebook, Reddit et.al. Ban/favor content regarding China; no different from Facebook/YouTube inadvertently pumping QAnon content. Either legislate all social media (which I'm against fyi) or none, but selectively hitting TikTok feeds Chinese propaganda that the West is out to get them. As a semi-libertarian I'm suspicious of governments - certainly the inept idiots in US Congress now - setting limits on the Internet. My TikTok feed is exclusively silly pet videos. It is was you make of it. If some people are watching political content or hate speech or Ponzi adverts, that seems fine in a free country.