I really don’t know how this became the narrative. Other than it is basically what Bytedance wants it to be. The US Congress received several closed door briefings on Bytedance and why it poses a risk. We have no idea what was said but it is unlikely that the primary concern was China knowing the phone location of some 16yo doing a dance impression.

All we do know is that bitter enemies in the most dysfunctional Congress of the modern era agreed that this is a real problem. That should be a real wake up to people dismissing this. There are Congress members who would happily admit to dancing on each other’s graves agreeing.