>Even in a country with near-total freedom of speech, why would you knowingly permit a state-backed influence tool from such a known-"evil" country, to have a s

>Even in a country with near-total freedom of speech, why would you knowingly permit a state-backed influence tool from such a known-"evil" country, to have a stranglehold over much of the attention of your civilian population? Because Americans fought for the right to "be influenced" aka access information the government doesn't want us to see. No one forced Americans to use TikTok en masse. And no one hid from them the fact that it's a Chinese company.