China is planning for long term survival, USA is planning for short term profits. Yes, China has problems.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106866

This article from 2024 gives a pretty good rundown as to why using this reasoning to ban Tiktok will set a very bad precedent:

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251086753/tiktok-ban-first-amendment-lawsuit-free-speech-project-texas

If the govt cared about your data privacy, they would create data collection regulations that they could then use to ban tiktok if/when they violate them.

Disclaimer: I am not saying Tiktok is a great app with zero issues. This is a concern about causing long term problems by using a short term easy solution.

Gives a new meaning to a Swiss knife.

Entering the cyberpunk 2077 era.

Stay away from me and my Prego Traditional chug jug.

“Crime doesn’t sleep, so neither do I.” ~Batman hallucinating a conversation with the Joker due to sleep deprivation