The recent surge in users in the United States abandoning TikTok after the announcement of a so-called "Americanized" joint venture offers an ironic footnote to the long-running political drama around the popular video-sharing app. 美國用戶近期大規模放棄TikTok的現象，恰恰為圍繞這款熱門視頻分享應用的長期政治風波增添了諷刺性的注腳。此前美國政府宣布將成立所謂“美國化”的合資企業。 For years, some US politicians have claimed that TikTok represents a grave "national security threat". Invoking slogans such as "privacy leakage risks" and "China threatens US data security" they created the specter of "Big Brother spying" on users of the app in the US. 多年來，美國某些政客聲稱TikTok構成嚴重的“國家安全威脅”。他們打著“隱私泄露風險”和“中國威脅美國數據安全”等口號，在美國用戶中制造出“老大哥監視”的幽靈。 Yet, now that a deal has been forced through for US capital to acquire control of the app in the country under these pretexts, it is not China that users in the US appear to fear. It is th...