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I would argue banning TikTok if it had politics would be even worse.

Just today Facebook deleted the QAnon group. In a free speech society, such control of “what’s good for us” should not be necessary.

While China’s authoritarian government can certainly be abused, they often ban things under the same excuse of “promoting harmony” and to ensure the public does not have Access to misinformation (nor information harmful to the regime). We’re not much more different if we have powerful players who can arbitrarily ban things under the same goals, even if momentarily altruistic.