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So i've never used TikTok but I really don't like banning software because it's chinese. I know they do it to us, but i want to live in the United States not China so I don't _want_ us to do the same things they do. Privacy regulations make a lot of sense but arbitrarily banning an app because it's chinese doesn't sit right with me

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This debate has nothing to do with racism.

What if instead of Tencent the parent company of TikTok, a state-sponsored social media app created by the CCP was the most popular social media app used by the future American generation. Would you still feel comfortable with this?

It's important to understand that in China the government has complete control of the private sector... If you want to have a business in China you have to jump when they say jump.

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