No shit. Not surprising at all, that’s what modern governments do, to believe differently would be stupid.

That being said, believing that the Chinese government isn’t using Tik Tok to manipulate US citizens is also stupid. And if there’s anything we’ve seen over the last decade or so, it’s that a large portion of US citizens are easily manipulated by social media.

Point one finger and three point back, or something like that

Which is a great argument against TikTok, I hope people understand. But instead I fear we’ll get a lot of the opposite message taken from this. "Oh it’s ok if the US does it huh?!?’