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As far as I know, the argument for forcing TikTok to divest is simply that Americans don't trust a Chinese owned company not to be used as a secret CCP weapon
by orangecat 2y ago
As far as I know, the argument for forcing TikTok to divest is simply that Americans don't trust a Chinese owned company not to be used as a secret CCP weapon
Essentially yes, and that seems like a perfectly valid argument to me.
TikTok hasn't actually done anything to merit that mistrust
They've lied about storing data in China and spied on journalists. But that actually doesn't matter; the point is that it's crazy to allow the Chinese Communist Party to have access to loads of personal information about hundreds of millions of Americans.