> Having talked with legislators and staffers on both sides of the aisle about this issue, they are massively concerned about having a foreign adversary with th

> Having talked with legislators and staffers on both sides of the aisle about this issue, they are massively concerned about having a foreign adversary with the capability to inject social commentary and promote propaganda into 150 million americans media stream. Replace "foreign adversary" with "American" and you have the status quo. This is the problem with the national security angle: when powerful Americans manipulate people into doing things against their own interest, sow discord in the public sphere, manipulate elections, buy officials, or engage in mass data collection it's somehow not a threat to "national security". Domestic powers have far more reach than China and have done what is functionally the same as a foreign destabilization/misinformation campaign. The politicians aren't concerned about it because they are in the club; they benefit. The real losers from TikTok are the political/economic elite because this is competition for them. To the average person a successful destabilization/misinformation/manipulation campaign would just be a bit more of what we already have.