[thefrozenone]

TikTok is being singled out for having uniquely bad data practices, which is true, but banning a single app won't solve the larger problem. This 1-off is a distraction from Congress's inability to pass real data protection legislation, and will only serve to benefit Reels and Shorts (not smaller competitiors, nor consumers).

[AbrahamParangi]

TikTok is being singled out because it’s controlled by an adversarial government which the US may very well go to war with in the near future.

[dvngnt_]

if America goes to war with China then we're all dead

[AbrahamParangi]

Not to be overly pedantic but China does not have the capabilities to inflict damage to the U.S. commensurate with U.S. nuclear capabilities.

I believe this implies that escalation would be limited and probably wouldn’t involve substantial incursions into either mainland China or the U.S.

The scale of consequences of a nuclear exchange with Russia remains much more worrying at the present time.

[XCSme]

So the U.S. nukes aren't "Made in China"?