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A genocidal regime wants your data, and TikTok’s defenders are its apologists

By Tiana Lowe Doescher
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A genocidal regime wants your data, and TikTok’s defenders are its apologists

With TikTok potentially on the chopping block, per a warning from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Chinese-controlled app’s supporters have emerged from the woodwork to defend the video-sharing platform with not just the illogical but the indefensible.

TikTok’s proponents argue not just that it’s comparable to any other app farming your data but that anyone criticizing it must be motivated by racism.

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