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throwawayyusaon ByteDance planned to use TikTok to surveil specific American citizens

I'm pretty sure the FTC ruling against Facebook only affects Facebook. Do you think anyone in our government is in a position to stand up against China right now?

throwawayyusaon ByteDance planned to use TikTok to surveil specific American citizens

The FTC regulates domestic tech companies' collection and usage of location data. I can assure you this is not the case for overseas companies.

throwawayyusaon ByteDance planned to use TikTok to surveil specific American citizens

In agreement with you, it's amazing how much we scrutinize our very own Mark Zuckerberg for this, while giving TikTok a free pass for at least the same level of atrocities (but highly likely even worse things). Why?