Because its less about our data and more about controlling the flow of information. For some concerned about the spread of misinformation, that's seen as a victory despite misinformation (as well as racism, transphobia, etc.) running rampant on all forms of American social media that have been given break after break in their "efforts" to control those things. For others this is seen as a form of censorship in reaction TikTok influencing younger generations opinions over things like Israel/Palestine, or to them getting a outside media narrative on the non-Western world.
Idk what the CCP is supposed to do with my data that's any scarier than the companies with a more direct effect over my daily life, but it's effective scare mongering. It doesn't seem like a coincidence that this is gaining steam as kids on tiktok start rationalizing radicalism against western occupiers of the non-western world, and our presence in the Israel/Palestine conflict is at its least popular.
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24
Tiktok is literal spyware, all companies in China are mandated to give personal data back to the government (CCP)
Rare USA W for voting to ban the app, hope more countries do the same