[FooBarWidget]

If they go down that route, doesn't that legitimize other countries banning any app for 'national security' reasons? A lot of people are bitter about China banning Facebook and Google, and support the banning of Tiktok in order to take revenge, but what about the implications of it?

[jdeibele]

If India, France, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and many others all have their own home-grown version of Facebook, is that a bad thing? It would reflect the local culture and keep the advertising revenue in the same country.

There have been few, if any, improvements on the user side of Facebook since inception. All their attention is focused on driving engagement and advertising revenue.

[FooBarWidget]

I am not saying that having local versions of apps is a bad thing. I am just annoyed that so many people yell 'but China is not playing fair, so it's revenge time' at the same time. It's both disingenuous and pure spite.