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[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

The US constitution doesn’t guarantee Chinese citizens, living in China, the right to freedom of the press.

True, but the US constitution guarantees Chinese citizens, living in or visiting the US or its territories, all the rights in the Constitution. So when TikTok operates in the US and provides services to US customers, it gets the protections of the US Constitution, as well as the obligations of US law.

TikTok appears to be a tool of the Chinese gov’t

And this is covered by freedom of the press. There's no legal requirement for press to be pro-US, and it doesn't necessarily need to be accurate, it just can't be fraudulent. If TikTok is being fraudulent, then they should be held accountable for that.

As I stated, if TikTok is sold off so that they’re no longer connected to China, then they’re more than welcome to continue to operate.

Yes, according to the law that they're contesting.

I'm saying that I don't think this law is constitutional. I don't use TikTok, I believe TikTok is dangerous, and I don't think anyone should use it, but I'm also uncomfortable with the government picking and choosing which apps I can use, especially when the justification seems to be about the speech on that app. So even though I wish TikTok would disappear, I don't think that justifies using the law to accomplish that.

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