I guess the other side of the coin is asking if they even need TikTok to do that. Yes, TikTok incentivizes self-surveillance but if we weren’t using TikTok, the

I guess the other side of the coin is asking if they even need TikTok to do that. Yes, TikTok incentivizes self-surveillance but if we weren’t using TikTok, there would be another competitor to fill that niche. Just because the data isn’t housed within your jurisdiction, doesn’t mean it isn’t accessible to you given enough effort. There’s entire companies who have products solely used to process data off public social media and create dossiers on people. [0] No row level access required. [0] https://cellebrite.com/en/cellebrite-smart-search https://cellebrite.com/en/cellebrite-smart-search Not to say it doesn’t obviously make things easier, but the issue is more complex than what some politicians seem to think it is. “Ban TikTok = stop china doing bad things with foreign data”