[nickpp]

> What does happen is they sell your data to companies

I don't know, more personalized ads?!

> foreign governments

> Take tiktok for example

TikTok's is a foreign government operation.

> steer discussion and politics or sow discourse

I am still waiting for proof they can actually do that. I remember all the scandal around Cambridge Analytica but then nobody said anything anymore when it turned out they weren't able to do what they boasted they could.

Yes, we should be afraid of governments getting our data and using it against us. But they have many other ways of getting the data and they don't exactly obey laws - they are above the law by definition. So I don't see how laws against private companies can help here.

[georgeplusplus]

Small nitpick Tiktok is a private company that serves a foreign government operation.

Why would they resort to breaking the law when they are getting the data legally? Doesn’t make sense