At this point I am choosing to no longer engage in this conversation. Your counter arguments seem to convey so little comprehension (willful or unwitting) that I feel engaging further would not meaningfully contribute to the discussions held in this thread moving forward.

Google is your friend.

Firstly, the US government has greater authority and ability to fine or otherwise leverage financial action against companies incorporated in the US.

Secondly, Facebook leadership has been repeatedly called to testify in front of Congress for various reasons in recent years, and in doing so has been held accountable for numerous failures. In August of last year they paid out $725 mil in a class action lawsuit. Although not US, still NATO example: In May of 2023 they were fined 1.2b euros for breach of data by the UK.

They were also recently called to testify in front of US congress about the online child exploitation crisis.

Granted they make billions, but they are getting punished for mismanagement, both publicly and financially. It may be a drop in the bucket, so to speak, but it’s been enough for them to change their policies and practices over the years.

Action against tiktok is intended to do the same.

A US company is held accountable to US law and more importantly, by the US citizens.

If you hand your data to Facebook and they abuse it, there are at least some ways to hold Facebook accountable publicly and financially.

If you hand your data to Chinese sponsored corporations, there is even less accountability.

Make no mistake, all corporations are collecting and exploiting your information, but if you are a US citizen, you should seriously consider not giving persona and biometric data to a foreign power that can’t be held accountable.

Yeah there are lots of reasons. Tiktok has been proven to be harvesting browsing habits, biometrics (facial ID and fingerprints), voice identification, key logging, and more.

You are giving your face, fingerprints, and voice to a state sponsored entity in the age of deep fakes and broad sweeping intelligence operations.

If you’re pro China, then this is a good thing. If you care about identity theft, deep fakes, or your credentials being sold on the dark web, then tiktok is a Very Bad Thing.