TikTok is the agent of a foreign government. As such I doubt the 1st Amendment applies to them.
What’s the real 1st ammendment implications of the proposed TikTok ban / divestment law?
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But as the law professors point out in the article, the company that runs TikTok is incorporated in the US, and thus is subject to US law.
That they are a subsidiary of a Chinese corporation (which is not owned by the Chinese government) doesn't change the legal status of the US entity.
Still an agent of the CCP.