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In theory - yes, but in practice TikTok gets a lot of bashing while its American equivalents manage to get away with basically the same behavior. Meta and Google aside, Uber created Greyball to avoid regulations, they even had (still have?) a special "Ripley" button to use when facing audit, so how can we expect a foreign regime to abide by our laws if we give our own companies a free pass? And when local governments try to limit Uber's unlawful[0] actions, we threaten them with freezing our investments in other sectors? [1]

[0] https://us.boell.org/en/2019/10/17/web-partner-companies-kee...

[1] https://tvpworld.com/40781592/another-letter-from-us-ambassa...

>>benter+(OP)
I don’t think they mean TikTok. Huawei has been banned in the US for years for basically being permanently backdoored hardware for the Chinese government. The precedent, history, and motivations are clear. American companies trying to avoid regulation is scummy, but it’s basically the exact opposite of acting as an corporate extension of the government.