[tivert]

> how can the US government just ban an app? has this ever happened before in US history? what gives the government the right to tell US citizens what apps they can and can't use?

Being a government. They also get to tell you want kind of guns your allowed to have, what kinds of medicines you can take, and how much gas your car uses, and how your home has to be built.

Welcome to the real world, is this your first time here?

[sodality2]

None of those obviously correlate to the kinds of websites you’re allowed to visit. The issue is that it’s awfully close to the kind of speech you are “permitted” to be exposed to, which is a slippery slope.

[tivert]

> None of those obviously correlate to the kinds of websites you’re allowed to visit.

They don't have to.

> The issue is that it’s awfully close to the kind of speech you are “permitted” to be exposed to, which is a slippery slope.

It is not. The so-called "free speech" issue with this ban is bullshit and a red herring.