Republicans are stupid for bringing it up this way.
Bring in app programmers and ask them about Tiktok copying and pasting content and returning it to China.
Ask them about how the app reconfigures itself to hide what its doing.
Ask about Chinese app makers and how they’re all beholden to Chinese intelligence.
Then make the point that American apps are as well, but we don’t need TWO eyes looking at everything we do.
The whole thing is a farce. Instagram, Facebook, Google etc all strip mine your activity for the US government, feed you mind rotting content, and do everything they accuse TikTok of.
The actual problem with TikTok is that it rapidly passed Zuckerbergs Instagram and left it in the dust. Zuckerberg called his bought and paid for congressmen to do something.
This is the same guy who spent 500 million in election throwing bribery money in the 2020 election.
DC is lying again.