For my part, I think it’s pretty obvious the CCP will continue tapping ByteDance to spy on Americans. I don’t believe Project Texas, TikTok’s hypothetical China-free version of itself, will stop the ongoing Beijing data dump, nor do I think a sale will fix the problem. But, more importantly, what any of us think about a TikTok sale is beside the point, because a sale needs approval from the Chinese government, and the Chinese government isn’t interested — a perplexing hoop through which TikTok needs to jump given we’ve been told, for years, up to and including last week, the Chinese government has no influence over the company.
In any case, like many tens of millions of people, you probably don’t care about your data. Is Xi Jinping spying on you? Cool, whatever, hope he likes the show. Just keep that crack-like gyrating dance content coming. The risk of targeted manipulation, bribery, corporate and government espionage? None of that matters because China isn’t a threat. The American government only wants to ban Chinese tech companies because China banned American tech companies.
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