[angio]

China banned these apps because they don't follow the Chinese law in regard to sharing data with the government (FB was banned after some protests where they didn't collaborate with the police). It follows that if the US wanted to ban Chinese apps the same way China does, they would need to either 1) prove that TikTok is breaking the current law 2) pass new, stricter, privacy laws so that TikTok cannot operate/be a threat without breaking the law.

[ahiknsr]

Does Chinese law also allow the government to hack into companies when they don't cooperate with government?

" In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google."

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-chin...

[sbmthakur]

Companies operating within PRC's borders have it much worse:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinas-cybersecurity-law-updat...

[Aunche]

Even if a foreign website complies with all of arbitrary rules in China, the government will ban them with no warning and explanation. Sometimes they get restored, but the damage is already done. Even Apple is not immune and ITunes got shut down in China.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18195200/microsoft-bing-s...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_the_iTunes_Store

[perennate]

Given the arbitrary way in which the CCP laws you mentioned are applied, I don't see any practical difference with the US action. I do agree that the CCP's way gives a better image so that its spokespeople can pretend like they are just upholding the rule of law and hide the reality.