a) Publishing is altogether a different situation. b) Small nations can't feasibly have their own social app networks to any degree of scale. c) The US is not

a) Publishing is altogether a different situation. b) Small nations can't feasibly have their own social app networks to any degree of scale. c) The US is not China. For the most part FB is not a national security risk, whereas the Chinese apps could become that. China uses it's apps to observer and control every aspect of behaviour in China - the wherewithal, mans, intent etc.. d) This is tit for tat: China does not allow foreign social media in it's house. I'm not so sure I agree with this, but it's not so outlandish.