One thing I find amusing in this saga that's been playing out since the last few months is TikTok's reaction to being banned. When it was banned in India a couple of months ago, it didn't file any lawsuits claiming that it's not a threat to national security (though it has rejected such claims in the past). But when the U.S. announced a ban last month, TikTok sued the U.S. government "on the grounds that it was enacted without evidence and without any due process." [1]

I wonder what action these companies will take with this ban or what leverage China may try to use to de-escalate the situation.

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/tiktok-sues-the-u-s-govern...