2-Page English Work

Devin Nolan

Dair Arnold

English 1201

9/20/20

Rough Draft

“For Whom the Tok Tiks”

The article “For Whom the Tok Tiks” is about the app of TikTok. I will be discussing

their involvement with the US government as well as how they are many people saying that it is

not good for people and their wellbeing. Why is it not good for the people and their wellbeing?

In the article they discuss how the US government does not like how the app is owned

completely by a Chinese company. The president, Trump, wants a US owned company to

purchase the app in order to let the app keep their availability in America. As of right now I

believe the company Oracle has purchased the app and it will be continuing in the United States.

The set date that the company had to be purchased by was actually today, September 15th. The

reason all of this was such a big commotion was because a Chinese company had all of the

information of the United States users of the app and our government did not like that all.

Although the article states that the government would rather a US company own the app

they also talk about how US citizens are skeptical of any government having the information of

the app such as the United States. The United States has had issues in the past with using the data

that other social media platforms to their advantage. “Look at all the

trouble Facebook, Instagram, Google, Twitter, and others have gotten into regarding their choke

hold on information and their questionable stewardship of its use.”

Tik Tok is not a good app for the people and might only get worse as time goes on.

“TikTok is going to be America’s problem in America, or America’s problem in China, or both.”

The article I read was “For Whom the Tok Tiks” I believe that the company will stay

around due to the fact that an American owned company purchased it. The concerns about the

US government are definingly real and I feel that more people should talk about it.