The TikTok wars – why the US and China are feuding over the app
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/16/the-tiktok-wars-why-the-us-and-china-are-feuding-over-the-app
The US says the extremely popular video-sharing app ‘screams’ of national security concerns and considers a countrywide ban
TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf.