"TikTok is a Chinese company that currently is mandated to cooperate with Chinese intelligence services,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in a statement. The Belgian ban is based on a risk analysis by the country’s intelligence services and recommendations by the national cybersecurity center.
It’s a reef with dredged up sand dumped on it. It is not a valid claim. Definitely international waters.
See, this is precisely why people like you deserve to be called wordsmith weasels.