So it doesn't matter who even owns the data. If that data isn't shared with ByteDance, then TikTok won't work. So they have to share it with ByteDance. And If you're sharing [data] with ByteDance, you're sharing it with engineers that are sitting in China that have to do whatever the Chinese Communist Party tells them. To me, that poses an extraordinary national security risk for the country now and in the future. And that's why I put them aside. The others, I'm not a fan of everything social media does. (29:08–29:15)
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Asserts that sharing data with ByteDance means sharing it with engineers in China who must comply with the Chinese Communist Party.
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