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They are stealing data that can be (and is, often) used to track you across the entire internet. many social media platforms (again, especially tiktok) use this data to straight up manipulate people into spending more time on their platform and having views that align with the interests of the company. this is especially bad if the interests of the company are really the interests of an authoritarian government that is blatantly hostile to other countries unprovoked.
Your statement applies whether we're talking about American or Chinese companies. One of these countries has affordable groceries, the other has school shootings.
But yeah yeah "what about Tianeman Square, and Taiwan?" OK sure, fine. What about police brutality and the ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST?