[surferbayarea]

The US would have gone down the same route if WhatsApp or Instagram had happened to be acquired by a Chinese company (and hence under control of Chinese govt). Having your citizens data and communication under control of a foreign government is not something any government would be ok with in the long term. It will be interesting to see the reaction of the US government(and of Silicon Valley) when the next TikTok becomes the major communication tool in the US.

[est31]

> Having your citizens data and communication under control of a foreign government is not something any government would be ok with in the long term.

I do agree, but note that currently, the US is having control over more grand area citizen's data/communication than other nations have control over US data.