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by rvz 1113 days ago
> China having all my Tik Tok data is preferable then the US having any of my data. China isn't going to come disappear me in the US. The US might.

No. It is worse in China. Especially with the 'police stations' and applying their national security law to activists overseas. Here one example example:

A TikTok user in Hong Kong protesting against the CCP has it worse than one protesting against the US government. The difference is obvious:

In the US you are free to peacefully protest against the US government which that is protected by the 1st amendment in the US constitution.

China on the other hand can use it's national security law (and in Hong Kong) to get activists overseas and disappear you. [0] Given that China has access to ByteDance's data, I don't think you would want to be the user who attempted to protest against the CCP in HK and currently be on the run.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/china-hong-kon...