[system16]

I say this as someone who is a regular user of TikTok and enjoys it: I don't see why something with the same intent wasn't presented years ago on the grounds of reciprocity. US social media applications have been banned in China for over a decade, so why should Chinese applications be able to flourish in the US?

[yorwba]

I don't see why you would look at the Chinese government oppressing their people and hampering their economy with strict internet censorship and think that the US should reciprocate so that Americans, too, can enjoy the immense benefits of oppression and hampering the economy with strict internet censorship.

[readyman]

Simply because it was not in the interests of enough of the ruling class to do so. Profit is always the top priority. Nothing short of preparation for war could motivate the ruling class to uproot profitable relationships. It has taken a lot of time and catastrophe to move industrial dependencies away from China to competing 3rd world countries. The conflict in Gaza on top of the conflict in Ukraine makes for another tipping point at which the US ruling class has enough interest in risking near-term profit loss to consolidate power for the long term that this bill makes sense.