The most terrifying thing is there will be a trump-government representative in the governing body.

We are truly looking at 1984 as a blueprint not a warning.

You can just not use TikTok.

That doesn't diminish the impact it has on the rest of humanity, and by proxy, on me.

Wouldn't it be better if fewer people used TikTok, given negative impact of social media on individuals and society?

Wouldn't it be better if these investors lose money on this investment?

Depends. Better as a word is a little too wide to interpret accurately without some additional information to go on. For example, if you look at my post history, you will know that I am not too keen on social media in general. From that perspective, it could be interpreted as a win. And yet, I think most of us here recognize the development as a whole is not 'good' ( since we are going with generic, not-easily-defined verbiage ).

Yes but how likely do you think it is that that will happen?

The problem with that rhetoric is that at some point you need social media to prove legitimacy of your identity.

It already happens at border controls and TSA checks.

Guess when that "you can just not use TikTok" argument will expand to "you can just not use the internet" and effectively be punished monetarily or socially for not wanting to use it.

Political officers on ships was quite normal in the cold war, makes sense to have political officers in companies too.