This shyt has nothing to do with data security.
Y'all don't think the government could have created some VPN/Encryption tunneling to encrypt US user data. They could have worked with Oracle to implement that... before its relayed back to China
This move is 100% political , showing an uncensored unbiased view of global conflicts that can't be buried. If Biden or Trump don't like certain social media content they can call Zuckerberg or Elon and scream at them to censor it or bury it. With TikTok that algorithm will never be swayed to make Israel or the US look good