We should insist that TikTok display the same content it is legally mandated to in China. The CCP got wise to crappy addictive content, and made sure that ByteDance (TikTok's owner) only displays legitimate educational content (languages, maths, physics, etc). If you're going to get people addicted to short-form content, at least teach them something useful.
Also we should insist that quid-pro-quo policies be implemented - if China wants to ban our tech companies and control anything and everything on their shores, we need to treat them the same way they treat us.
To those who think that would be unfair - get a grip. China does this shit all the time. China also freely admits they are in an economic competition with the US and wants to overtake the US in terms of economic power.
A good analogy to this is steroids in an athletic competition. The US won't use them, but won't stop their competition from using them, but acts surprised when their competition (China) beats them. Either the playing field is level and everyone acts as such (quid-pro-quo in terms of banning tech products), or the playing field is not level (acknowledging that one side is playing by a different set of rules and gets to continue doing so) and one party is objectively playing a different game, one that it will win every time when its competition is stuck claiming moral superiority. China doesn't give a fuck about your morals, and China will stop at nothing to win.
Also we should insist that quid-pro-quo policies be implemented - if China wants to ban our tech companies and control anything and everything on their shores, we need to treat them the same way they treat us.
To those who think that would be unfair - get a grip. China does this shit all the time. China also freely admits they are in an economic competition with the US and wants to overtake the US in terms of economic power.
A good analogy to this is steroids in an athletic competition. The US won't use them, but won't stop their competition from using them, but acts surprised when their competition (China) beats them. Either the playing field is level and everyone acts as such (quid-pro-quo in terms of banning tech products), or the playing field is not level (acknowledging that one side is playing by a different set of rules and gets to continue doing so) and one party is objectively playing a different game, one that it will win every time when its competition is stuck claiming moral superiority. China doesn't give a fuck about your morals, and China will stop at nothing to win.