No one wins if TikTok gets banned. Here's our hot take on the current controversy:
The Biden administration has been pressuring Chew with an ultimatum: either sell and transfer the business to the U.S. or risk a permanent ban, like in India. Despite what many believe, this wasn’t the first time TikTok was asked to sell out, as the idea and discourse around it have been floating around since the Trump administration.
However, Chew fought back and argued against Congress’ demands. He reassured the people that TikTok, though under a Chinese company, was not feeding users’ private information to the CCP. To further ease the ire of the governmental body, the TikTok CEO proposed a plan called “Project Texas”, where American data will be given to an American company for storage and will be overseen by American personnel. However, Congress is not convinced with this proposition.
Whether you’re a lover or a hater of the app, this is bad news, as the U.S. government can ban whatever it pleases under the pretence of a threat. TikTok is not perfect; the app was used as a portal to spread mass disinformation, like about COVID-19 and vaccines, and may still hold the potential to spread more of it.
Both parties don’t know how this will end but remain hopeful that the other will acknowledge their side or perhaps a Congress will listen and try out Chew’s compromise. We are simply hoping for the best, as that is the best and only thing we can do at the moment.
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