[tomComb]

But this conversation is about what the US should do about TikTok - it is specifically in the US context.

Also, there is a big difference between how US companies operate, and the circumstances in which they share data, and how a Chinese company operates.

A parallel is that Google pulled out of China because China demanded Google censor search results (and account security issues). You could easily retort that Google censors all their search results anyway, but there really is no comparison between what China demands and what some believe Google does anyway.