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This is a fine argument if you're a US citizen, but if you're a citizen of another country it's also a good argument to go after Instagram, Youtube, and all the
by AlexandrB 2y ago
This is a fine argument if you're a US citizen, but if you're a citizen of another country it's also a good argument to go after Instagram, Youtube, and all the rest.
There's also the opposite argument that the Chinese government has little ability to influence your life and so surveillance by a US company is worse since there's a higher risk that the information gathered can be used against you.
- tombert 2y agoI mostly agree, though I don't think the concern would be as much if TikTok were British or Canadian or French, since the US doesn't have an adversarial relation with them. The concern is that China, a country that we sort-of-kind-of have a problem with, surveilling and potentially influencing us.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> don't think the concern would be as much if TikTok were British or Canadian or French Under the TikTok ban bill, TikTok being sold to a Canadian or French owner would let them stay in American app stores.