[optymizer]

TikTok is a Chinese company bringing in mountains of data on US citizens, including the ability to influence what people in the US see on a daily basis. The Chinese government would never sell that kind of leverage to anyone, let alone to Facebook, which is banned in China.

[system2]

It is baffling why the U.S. government didn't ban TikTok. I'd rather zucc steal people's info than chinese ppl.

[noahtallen]

TikTok is incredibly popular in the US and there isn’t really a huge similar precedent where the US takes a page from China’s playbook and blocks a social media network completely. If banning TikTok was reasonable, and I’m not sure it is, I think it makes a lot of sense to be cautious about setting bad precedence.

[triyambakam]

Because some and certain high ranking US officials are working with China

[LastTrain]

Who?

[triyambakam]

I don't know who, maybe Trump? Biden? But it wouldn't be allowed if some weren't allowing it.

[system2]

How can you speculate if you don't know? This is the problem of american politics. People just make up stuff.

[triyambakam]

That's the definition of speculation. You have an observation and suspect something. So I suspect there are US officials who are working with China.

[skrbjc]

It’s because once trump said it, everyone who hates him had to take the opposite position, even though he was right.