Singapore reigned in domestic control over its media to minimize outsized influence of foreign countries such as China and America, not for some planned dystopian future, but so the country can develop its own mores and sense of self.

Cutting off an algorithmic social engineering platform that is influenced by a foreign government with questionable human rights records of its own population, which it should hold in higher esteem than the population of a challenging economic power, could perhaps be another legitimate reason?

The U.S. still has access to RT, al Jazeera, BBC, and other foreign news sources, so it is hard to accept this scare tactic on its surface.

Oh, plus there’s Nostr. U.S. hasn’t banned any of its clients has it?

Knowing what TikTok shows its domestic audience versus what Americans are fed from the app’s algorithm in this country, claiming censorship is hypocrisy.

Note I am not arguing in favor of the American ban, but against this video’s argument.