[Truthsearcher]

Tik Tok value to China is its power to influence Americans on behalf of its CCP masters.

They will shut it down before they sell it.

[Angelino97]

I hate TikTok.

But I hate giving a monopoly to Google/YouTube (TikTok's main competitor) even more.

If we can shut down all social media, great. But if not, let China keep TikTok.

[adorno]

They will shut it down before they sell it.

Which means that, it wasn't meant as an app for people to use as they wished, and was meant as an app for the Chinese government to use.

In any case, it's doubtful that the Chinese would just shut it down, since it has a large monetary value, and the Chinese like American money, which would be in the many billions. Nobody lets that kind of money get lost. But, as would be suggested, the bigger value to the Chinese is in the spying operations. China is not in control of a media site just to be kind to its users. China doesn't even let their population use the app without having full control of what their people see and do with it. On the world-wide stage, they want everybody's information. There is huge value on taking/using people's social media habits, and that's what the Chinese are after.

[wiseprince]

Influence in what way?