The US government is seeking either to ban or force the sale of the popular Chinese-owned TikTok app. But the case against TikTok neglects two matters: the US government's own spying on citizens under cover of law, and the questionable political motives that seem to dictate the specific effort to kill TikTok. A middle-ground solution is available--allowing TikTok to continue operating but ensuring that its database resides in the US--but the Biden administration has lost interest in it.