This article explores the likelihood of TikTok being banned in the United States due to concerns about Chinese ownership and data privacy. The author argues that past actions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) against Chinese investments in American companies suggest that a ban on TikTok is plausible. The article highlights the US government's concerns about Chinese data security practices and the potential risks posed by TikTok's access to vast amounts of user data.
Can a Chinese-owned cultural phenomenon, one that more than 170 million Americans give the details of their lives to each month, really be banned? Hell yeah it can. It’s shocking, sure. But don’t let anyone call it “unthinkable.” Regulators have kicked Chinese companies out before.
I can’t speak to what the Supreme Court will decide. I do know that when it comes to domestic technology companies, the justices have generally held that the, they enjoy a freedom from accountability for what is published on their platforms that other First Amendment–protected industries, like the news business, have to reckon with. You can read my thoughts on that
This is the kind of thing that has led CFIUS to be most recently concerned with the data of American citizens. Its efforts to keep that data away from Chinese investors is a big reason why the TikTok ban looks more and more likely. Here are a few of its greatest hits.In 2016 AppLovin, a mobile advertising company with data on millions of American consumers, moved to sell itself to a Chinese private equity firm. Nope, said CFIUS,. Instead the company had to downgrade to a minority stake.
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