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US government attacks Freedom of Speech, Bans TikTok

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Mukesh Devrari   The United States government decided to ban TikTok, citing national security threats. However, it was not made clear what was the danger. Chinese private company Bytedance owns TikTok. The US government accuses TikTok of having direct links with the Chinese government and of conducting propaganda operations in the United States. The US regime did not provide any evidence. Americans were bombarded with propaganda to believe that their government was telling them the truth.  The operation of TikTok has been scrutinized for a long period of time, but Americans could not find any evidence of any wrongdoing. However, it did not deter American lawmakers from banning the world’s most successful social media company. In fact, the US government did not ban TikTok. First, it tried to blackmail the Chinese owners to sell it to American owners. They wanted to force Chinese private companies to share their technology and algorithms to be shared with Americans. Bytedance ha...