I've brought this up as a flippant response to people worried about Tiktok sending their cat video preferences to China. Someone challenged me on it so I went looking for sources and all i could find was a couple of no-name "news" websites repeating the same information in the same words, but without any names or sources. So it sounds like BS. Before I consign it to the grave-yard of "Knowing half the shit the CIA has admitted too makes you sound insane", does anyone have any reputable sources for this?
Not just Tiktok, but every single Western tech company is super open about this. Google, Meta, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
I've brought this up to Americans and they don't think anything is weird or suspicious, just ex-government workers getting a new job
There's no reason for them to hide especially when they believe they're doing genuine good for the world and not just being a tool for American imperialism