The wrong kind of viral: Governments ban TikTok en masse

https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-tiktok-is-being-banned-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

To be clear, other social media apps collect dossiers on their users — it's why they're free to use. Users are the product.

The difference is who owns the devices and the depth of TikTok's collection practices. In some eyes, surveilling government-issued devices could constitute a national security threat.