[Timpy]

If this is a national security risk, having Microsoft purchase it is a terrible idea. Will Microsoft install this app next to Xbox Live and Candy Crush on your start menus? Is it going to end up in your startup-apps, launching every time you load your PC, added back to your startup-apps after every update regardless of how many times you remove it from the list?

[BTinfinity]

I imagine Microsoft would also be tasked with tying up the security risks before publishing it anywhere near the Windows start menu

[FooBarWidget]

In fact, that is the whole point of the purchase. Microsoft would replace the entire US operations team with US employees, and vet all the code. There would be zero reasons left to ban Tiktok on the grounds of national security.

For some reason, I'm not seeing many people talking about this at all. Everybody is still talking about justifications about why Tiktok should be banned. I therefore suspect that the issue is more emotional than rational in nature.