FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security concerns
I&#x27;m very concerned that the US government will set a precedent for regulating what apps citizens are allowed to use.<p>I definitely agree about the risks and banning it from the devices of the govt officials makes sense but banning access to an app screams &quot;the Chinese&#x2F;Russian&#x2F;Turkish way of governing has won, freedoms are no more&quot;.<p>I hope the US takes the EU approach and regulates what data is collected and transmitted where instead of walking the totalitarian route. In case you haven&#x27;t notice, FB&#x2F;Instagram&#x2F;Twitter etc. are the same as TikTok from the perspective of Non-Americans(&gt;� of the world) and TikTok just happen to be a first for Americans.<p>I&#x27;ve been living in Turkey for some years now and I promise you, it&#x27;s not fun. Do you know that it has been 2 weeks since Turkey banned country&#x27;s most popular(and earliest, dating back to 1999) social media for no other reason that they suspect anti-government activity by the operators because they think it is not natural to have concentration of anti-govt views? That&#x27;s where you are headed.