[dismantlethesun]

I think for the most part, people are annoyed about TikTok doing good things in its home country and yet doing 'bad' things in foreign countries.

Yes, it's true the good things it does at home are mandated by the government.

Yes, it's true that in foreign countries those same mandates would be difficult and in some cases (maybe the US?) unconstitutional.

However, that's a logical argument which doesn't speak to the heart of the disagreement: TikTok could do good in foreign nations, but it explicitly chooses not to. It'd be easy for them to copy and paste their policies from China into other countries, but they work very hard to fill the feed with entertainment because it makes more money.