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>TikTok also lied under oath about where US data is stored [1]. So I’m not sure why anyone should trust anything about them even if they are sold

Whether you trust a company that has been caught lying under oath is not the same as whether a company should be allowed to operate in a country.

>Even a code and security audit would leave a lot of room for things like AI driven feeds conducting propaganda campaigns. It’s not just code or infrastructure as a point in time but also data

Perhaps so, but that does not mean that those reviews should not be conducted before taking a step as big as forcing a sale. US govt could have given Tiktok US an ultimatum to go through one before coming to this conclusion.

>In the end it comes down to trust.

Yes, absolutely. The US does not trust Tiktok because it is Chinese owned, or is it because of privacy concerns, or is it both? And in any case, would determining the extent of control not help it understand the level of exposure? Grilling people at senate or select committee hearings can be revealing and is politically exciting but there was and still is more to be done to safeguard interests of people already on the platform.

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> Yes, absolutely. The US does not trust Tiktok because it is Chinese owned, or is it because of privacy concerns, or is it both?

Does it matter what the reason is? It's a foreign government owned media company operating in the US. The Chinese government doesn't have any rights in america. If the government wants to get rid of it, it can. China has nothing to stand on here. They don't even allow uncensored tik-tok in their own country, let alone facebook, etc.

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They've lied to Congress multiple times so Congress is using their power to make sure their concerns are addressed.