The Differences Between TikTok and the US

The culture of policing of online life is completely different in China than it is in the US. A large part of this campaign against TikTok has been waged by meta, one of the top stocks owned by members of Congress. In 2020 meta spent like a record $20 million lobbying in Congress and they have lobbied against bills which promote competition. The tech industry also consistently lobbied against legislation that would have forced social media apps to be more transparent about their privacy policies,. And they've lobbied against bills that would have made them more accountable for the harmful content on their apps.