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Have you ever used social media and felt like the ads were based off something you said or search? Have you ever felt spied on by your social media? This is the case with TikTok the video based social media application. Under China’s authoritarian state, the government has sweeping control over tech companies and their data. U.S. officials are worried that China will use TikTok to promote its interests and gather Americans’ personal information (“Nytimes.com,” 2023). The national security of our country and other countries is a state. The United States has some many concerns for TikTok some of those concerns are first the threat of Chinese espionage, second is that TikTok’s algorithms maybe used to influence Americans and third the security of the nation is at risk.