I think you’re correct that I don’t trust tiktok as we’ve seen our own social media be used as a weapon against us in elections. It’s more likely than not tiktok will be used similarly, but I’m doubtful it’ll be a sign of war
There is a growing danger that war will go hot at some point and Taiwan is the most likely catalyst.
Because of the concentration of TSMC's chip production controlling Taiwan would mean controlling much of the world's manufacturing of chip dependent products.
Given these risks letting china control an influential social media time waster for GenZ is an enormous strategic mistake.
Our bargain with China should be simple, we get access to your markets and you get access to ours and let's all be prosperous (win win). Instead we're playing a win/lose game with them and we're losing.
It's simultaneously the most brilliant and terrifying thing I've ever seen.