I'm not a Tik Tok fan either, and some of the stuff is downright dangerous for kids. There is also the question of possible espionage that is behind much of the politics. Out right bans are generally ineffective, just look as prohibition of alcohol in the US.
An approach to social media and China could be if they don't allow ours why should we allow theirs? I don't find that argument a problem personally, then again I'm not a Tik Toc fan! Reciprocation of what they do to us is fair game. But it may become a problem for us if countries start banning Hive, and the witness issue in Malaysia.
Brave new world my friend...
I was thinking about this too as an example as I was writing my post.
Well, in the West there was that notion of freedom that was once even more respected than today. In China, at least in the communist era, societal or even economic freedom is an illusion.
Sometimes it's not smart to reciprocate. What would mean if China reciprocates to Trump's tariffs? And in what way would they do it?
Haha, it would make for a great movie script. But to live it, we'll see...