It doesn't but sends a good amount of data to China which they have not yet (to my information) clarified. Similar ban was implemented in India, which gives more context to what I am trying to say. Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1635206

And parent company will always have the dibs, if you will, on Tiktok. Regardless of whether tiktok is out of China or in.

There is no firewall between TikTok and Bytedance, so basically you can think of them as one company producing 2 apps, one inside China and one outside.

That doesn't stop the parent company from being beholden to CCP's demands.

Facebook is also behold to the US government demands, as we have seen in the hearings during the last few days.

You don't think there's a difference between USA vs CCP? There are many examples of standing up to the government in America. That doesn't happen in China.