> It's interesting that these are only actionable threats when they apply to [insert foreign boogeyman here]. Well, duh. I know my government and what it can

> It's interesting that these are only actionable threats when they apply to [insert foreign boogeyman here]. Well, duh. I know my government and what it can do and tends to do, for the most part. I know what restrictions are placed on it, and that when they circumvent those restrictions, it usually comes to light, even if it takes a while. I know that news outlets here can criticize the government and not have their journalists arrested. US (and other Western) intelligence agencies presumably run influence campaigns on social media to influence foreign citizens. While I may not agree with that practice, it's not high on my list of things I'm going to be worried up about. [Insert foreign boogeyman] also presumably runs influence campaigns on social media that target the citizens of my country. When they run those campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, etc., it is safe to assume that the people running those companies (well, perhaps with the exception of Musk) don't like that, and will try (sometimes successfully, sometimes not) to shut them down. If China wants to run influence campaigns on TikTok against US citizens, TikTok will actively help them do it. If they're not already doing this, their intelligence agencies are asleep at the wheel.