The US cannot compromise with the CCP over TikTok

My latest w/ @ricklane22 in @ProvMagazine ⤵️

According to reporting over last weekend, the Trump administration appears to be closing in on a TikTok deal. Vice President J.D. Vance struck a confident tone with reporters last Friday: “There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns [and] allows there to be a distinct American TikTok enterprise.” That’s good news, as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control of TikTok poses severe threats to the American people.

However, reports emerged on Sunday confirming what many have suspected for a number of weeks: the administration appears to be open to a compromise agreement that would allow ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to retain control of the app’s algorithm and perhaps some degree of ownership. This outcome may accomplish the second objective Vice President Vance identified — establishing a distinct American entity — but it would likely fail to rectify the deeply concerning national security implications of TikTok’s relationship with the CCP. Control of the algorithm is paramount. Any deal must reckon with this reality.

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