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OK, let's run with that: Let's say TikTok becomes a fully-fledged US company. Is that actually something under the US government's control? I mean...will the

• philwelch 4y ago
  You remember the whole Snowden thing where all the US social media companies have NSA backdoors? Guess which government has backdoors into TikTok. In other words, it's less a user privacy issue and more a national security issue.
  • thomastjeffery 4y ago
    ...because the US government having a backdoor into Facebook isn't a national security issue? Because that isn't remotely the case. A backdoor exists for everyone, or it doesn't exist.
    • philwelch 4y ago
      It’s probably a national security issue for China, but they already banned Facebook.