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I think this is a bigger problem, from the article:

> Carr highlighted concerns about U.S. data flowing back to China and the risk of a state actor using TikTok to covertly influence political processes in the United States.

Is influencing political processes illegal?

Is that something we want a foreign borderline hostile state to be doing?

Foreigners cannot donate to political campaigns in the US

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If they’re worried about the data being lost, ban and enforce bans on collecting that information by everybody. I’m more concerned with google having that information than China (China doesn’t give a shit about me, google has a lot of surface area to affect me)

Likely because it'll become a political football, as everything these days does. "Biden took away your TikToks!" "Here's 23 articles about sad influencers who lost their accounts!"