> I think the primary argument for banning TikTok should be based on reciprocity rather than moral and/or security concerns.
Reciprocity of policies isn't really conceptually coherent.
There was some semi-recent news (really, not that recent) to the effect that Saudi Arabia would allow women to drive.
Now imagine our policy toward them before they made that change. We could ignore them because they have their own country. Or we could give up on that and try to impose some kind of penalty on them.
But one thing you're unlikely to see an argument for is reciprocity. "So, they don't let their women drive? How barbaric! We'll show them -- we won't let our women drive either!"
Reciprocity of policies isn't really conceptually coherent.
There was some semi-recent news (really, not that recent) to the effect that Saudi Arabia would allow women to drive.
Now imagine our policy toward them before they made that change. We could ignore them because they have their own country. Or we could give up on that and try to impose some kind of penalty on them.
But one thing you're unlikely to see an argument for is reciprocity. "So, they don't let their women drive? How barbaric! We'll show them -- we won't let our women drive either!"