Why Do Some People Believe That The Chinese Government Use Tik Tok To Spy On People

The CCP is legally allowed to request data from companies based in China, and those companies are legally obligated to comply. Far be it from me to assert that they're definitely spying on people, but there's no doubt that they're capable of it, which should attract suspicion given their reputation.

Because they do, The Chinese government monitors all communication under their jurisdiction. If you want to test this start talking about the incident at Tiananmen Square

Because the parent company is hijacked by the CCP, therefore it's safe to assume it is.

https://qz.com/1788836/targeting-tiktoks-privacy-alone-misses-a-much-larger-point

Any weird conspiracy theory is adopted by some. Studies show if you believe in one theory your chances of believing more later on are greater. Fascinating read the psychology of conspiracy theories

I absolutely buy into it and over my dead body would my kid ever have that app.

I don't see what the deal is if they did. What are they going to find? National security secrets from some pre-teen? lol

Because they are
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/tech/tiktok-china-data

because it is possible and cheap

They probably do 😳

Ay Caramba, Comrade!

I don't know the details, but it doesn't seem that farfetched to me.
It might be more like they just pass along the data to the Chinese government instead of just selling it like Facebook does. But I don't actually know.