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Am I (an American) "allowed" to complain if I also complain about the American tech industry doing the same thing? All of it is bad.

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't get to complain about this. Consumers absolutely do.

(a) The BBC is not America, (b) South Korea is not America. It helps to at least browse the first paragraph before commenting.

From the 5th paragraph of the article, Americans are complaining:

> Since then, multiple countries have warned that user data may not be properly protected, and in February a US cybersecurity company alleged potential data sharing between DeepSeek and ByteDance.

Alleging something is not complaining. It’s just…a statement. What do you want?

com·plain

/kəmˈplān/

express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something

Nothing in the sentence you quoted suggests that anyone is complaining about anything.

We're leveling allegations, but without dissatisfaction or annoyance?

"Hey you, you're sharing our data! No further comments. Carry on!"

No, an allegation is a claim that something is wrong.

To be fair, British (e.g. Experian) and SK (e.g. Samsung) companies do the same.