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It's ironic to resist US government censorship by using an app regulated by a far more censorious government, but in this case the irony is appropriate.
People have the right to choose what information they expose themselves to - even if that information really is foreign propaganda. The US government can advise but it must not compel. Its credibility is now so low that most Americans won't heed its advice, and that's one symptom of a much larger and very serious problem with American democracy. Censorship makes that problem worse.
Censorship is for ideas. Nothing is being censored.
If your free speech is deathmetal at 5am through a giant 1000W speaker, you're not being censored.
What do you mean? There are ideas being expressed on TikTok. The US government is about to prevent Americans from choosing to see those ideas. Even Chinese propaganda is an idea.
Time, place, and manner restrictions allow bans on making noise at night but aren't applicable here because no one is exposed to TikTok involuntarily. Time, place, and manner restrictions don't allow restricting some ideas but not others, and again even Chinese propaganda is an idea.