Yes, number one is because America is actually a censor state and they just don’t want to tell you.

Number two is because they’re really pissed off that China is making money off of it. They’d rather an American oligarch make money off of it.

And number three, actually that’s it. That’s basically it. TikTok does everything that every other social media does, only better. Are they an addictive platform? Yep, and so is Facebook and Twitter, and yadda yadda yadda. Do they steal data? Yep. And so does Facebook and Twitter and yada yada yada. Do they send it to the government? Yep. And so does Facebook and Twitter and yada yada yada.

We already passed a resolution that TikTok has to keep all of its data on Americans in Texas. So you’re basically guaranteed that China can’t actually see it. And even if they can, who the fuck cares? Your own government is spying on you anyway. Everyone is spying on you, your microphone is tapped. Use Graphene OS on a Pixel and use tor if you want real privacy. Without that you basically have none.

Thank you for coming to my Anti-capitalism TED Talk.