As long as TikTok is owned by a Chinese company that’s subject to the whims of the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.), the app should be banned in America.
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ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, calls itself a private company, but companies in China aren’t really private: Chinese law requires them to comply with Chinese intelligence agencies’ demands. Members of China’s ruling Communist Party even sit on ByteDance’s board, and ByteDance has its own internal Communist Party committee, which helps guide the company’s direction.