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It would be crazy if the US banned TikTok and similar developed countries didn't consider doing the same. All the reasons the US came to the conclusion they did apply equally well in Europe.

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The whole business plus Microsoft Safe Harbor is starting to raise the question of whether US social media (functioning as spies) should be allowed in the EU either.

Europe doesn't have a competitor for TikTok. America has Facebook and Instagram that stand to win billions with a ban.

I also observe that the US tech bro billionaires have been complaining about how mean Europe is to them.

If anything, Europe is more protectionist about data security, so European nations should have a bigger concern about the claims of ByteDance siphoning user data.

Europe already implements consistent data privacy regulations for all apps operating in Europe. No particular inconsistency in singling out TikTok over Meta

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