Interesting. Yeah, I'm broadly not sure how the first amendment applies to this TikTok bill, if at all.
I think TikTok is a security risk, but it seems to me that if the govt can ban TikTok, it can legally ban any foreign media. Which doesn't seem ideal from a free speech perspective.
The first amendment prevents the US govt from restricting the speech of anyone in the US, not just citizens.
For example, the government cannot deport an immigrant simply because they criticized the government (they can deport for a variety of other reasons though).
I think TikTok is a security risk, but it seems to me that if the govt can ban TikTok, it can legally ban any foreign media. Which doesn't seem ideal from a free speech perspective.