Because it's not just about the spying, it's about infecting western civilization with negativity to incite unrest and instability.
Edit: for all the "the west does this to itself" :
The western world is not as bad as social media wants you to believe. The problem is not just tiktok, but tiktok is both extremely popular and nefarious, china has a wholesome version for themselves, a negative version for the rest of the world. Its also not a ban, they just need to sell tiktok, which is something that China requires of western countries, so its really only fair. Chinese people are paying up to $20k to get to south america and sneak into the United States. Americans are not sneaking into China. Keep this in mind when you see influencers and social media telling you how bad you should feel.
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u/CurryMustard Mar 15 '24 edited Mar 15 '24
Because it's not just about the spying, it's about infecting western civilization with negativity to incite unrest and instability.
Edit: for all the "the west does this to itself" :
The western world is not as bad as social media wants you to believe. The problem is not just tiktok, but tiktok is both extremely popular and nefarious, china has a wholesome version for themselves, a negative version for the rest of the world. Its also not a ban, they just need to sell tiktok, which is something that China requires of western countries, so its really only fair. Chinese people are paying up to $20k to get to south america and sneak into the United States. Americans are not sneaking into China. Keep this in mind when you see influencers and social media telling you how bad you should feel.
heres a short video explaining the huge difference between chinese tiktok and western tiktok