> How does the proposed US ban on transactions with TikTok violate users’ rights? Isn’t the application free? I think Trump is threatening to eliminate the ap

> How does the proposed US ban on transactions with TikTok violate users’ rights? Isn’t the application free? I think Trump is threatening to eliminate the app from the app store. Anyway, the app can't really function with a transaction ban, because it generates revenue from advertisements. > Also, there are many teenagers who are employed by the US government who are entrusted with state secrets Members of the military, some federal employees, and the children of some federal employees (e.g. the children of diplomats, for instance) should be banned from using TikTok, out of an over-abundance of caution. My understanding is that this was already the policy (or at least, parts of it were) before Trump decided to destroy TikTok. Hard to see that you are making a genuine argument here. I mean, the fact that some teenagers are soldiers (for instance) does not begin to justify a blanket ban on the product.