I care a lot about TikTok spying on me because they can then use that information to manipulate speech in our society to serve the needs of the CCP. Speech and

I care a lot about TikTok spying on me because they can then use that information to manipulate speech in our society to serve the needs of the CCP. Speech and exchange of ideas is foundational for democracy and if it is corrupted through hard to detect algorithmic manipulation, it can be destabilizing. I ALSO think the lack of reciprocal market access and the differences between TikTok (its equivalent) in China and the US version are concerning. It’s telling that children in China have caps on how much time they can spend in the app, but the US version doesn’t have any such thing.