A billionaire Trump-ally now runs the U.S. arm of TikTok, which immediately led to apparent censorship, an over-reaching new TOS, and technically issues - so...
Perhaps, but they did the same thing with Twitter. Part of the reason why Musk got funding from Saudi Arabia to buy Twitter was because of the Arab spring and how people used Twitter to organize.
Destroying large central platforms to fragment the opposition has been shown to be very effective
Okay but this means increased traffic for non American apps or new ones entirely
Perhaps, but they did the same thing with Twitter. Part of the reason why Musk got funding from Saudi Arabia to buy Twitter was because of the Arab spring and how people used Twitter to organize.
Destroying large central platforms to fragment the opposition has been shown to be very effective