Is TikTok being scapegoated?

President Biden has signed into law measures to force ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, to divest its stake within a year or face a ban on the social network in the United States. The bill passed through the Senate much faster than was initially anticipated, and Biden said he would sign it as soon as it reached his desk.

The company has vowed to fight the move in the courts, appealing on the basis of the…