charonn0

require every company operating within the US to show users exactly what data is collected and allow them to delete any or all of it as desired

That would be a very different kind of law from the one we're talking about.

That's a separate issue that could not be addressed with this kind of law anyway.

Can you explain why you feel that would even be necessary?

I've actually read the law, so no one has to tell me that it really, actually is about privacy. I know that it is.

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Narrator: it wasn't.

Or else what?

The only difference between TikTok and other social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is that TikTok is Chinese owned.

The law would also appy to Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

The US government demanded access to the US based social media companies to pull whatever sensitive information they wanted. They just don’t want China to have the same access.

Or Russia, Iran, or North Korea.

Those companies are already based in the US.

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