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I’m not “siding with China” I’m siding with due process and fair and consistent application of the law. If China is a major threat why isn’t the government forcing Tencent, Alibaba, and Huawei to spin-off and sell their American operations to US companies, too? Tencent has to have just as much data as ByteDance. Probably more. And their relationship with the Chinese government and willingness to assist in Chinese government surveillance is well documented. Better than any rumored evidence against TikTok.

I’m not saying TikTok should be allowed. I’m just wondering why, if Chinese surveillance is such a clear and present danger to our national security, we’re only talking about TikTok.

I’m suspicious of any government action in the name of “national security” and I’m infinitely more suspicious when that action is specifically targeted without any logic or reason that can be articulated beyond “national security”.

And not once have human rights been mentioned with respect to TikTok so we both know that has nothing at all to do with it.