It is impossible for any Chinese company, let alone the size of TikTok, to exist without partnering with the CCP.
They can appear to be organized and operate like a normal, independent tech corporation, with their charming and eccentric CEOs and their garage startup story.
But we all know the real bosses are in Beijing.
How and why the US allowed companies like Huawei, Ali, DJI and TikTok take over American markets and infiltrate pretty much every single layer of national security for years is pretty disconcerting and shocking to me, even knowing how effective lobbyist can be at manipulating our lawmakers.
>How and why the US allowed companies like Huawei, Ali, DJI and TikTok take over American markets and infiltrate pretty much every single layer of national security for years
How are they "infiltrating every single layer of national security"? Sensationalism aside, can you provide some concrete examples?
Of course there are many reasons to not trust China, but it doesn't mean you don't need any shred of evidence to make up shit against them. Like...that's not how that works.
And calling China "imperialist" is borderline hilarious. How many military bases do they have around the world and how many brown people countries have they bombed?
imperialism takes many forms, not only the highly militarised one we are used to by the US.
take the Belt and Road Initiative, the financial invasion and indebting of countries half way around the globe.
They can appear to be organized and operate like a normal, independent tech corporation, with their charming and eccentric CEOs and their garage startup story.
But we all know the real bosses are in Beijing.
How and why the US allowed companies like Huawei, Ali, DJI and TikTok take over American markets and infiltrate pretty much every single layer of national security for years is pretty disconcerting and shocking to me, even knowing how effective lobbyist can be at manipulating our lawmakers.