TikTok users worry about losing their social media platform, but First Amendment rights are on the line, too. There's a good argument for free speech protection of TikTok and its owners in this case, writes 2 law professors.
Imagine if the government told Jeff Bezos that he had to sell The Washington Post because it was worried that he might push a particular agenda.
Courts have long ruled that that sort of worry about future problems is unconstitutional:
https://theconversation.com/tiktok-law-threatening-a-ban-if-the-app-isnt-sold-raises-first-amendment-concerns-229879
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Imagine if Jeff Bezos were a Russian citizen and stooge of Vladimir Putin. Would we allow him to run an influential social media/entertainment/news app whose algorithm is completely opaque?
@Gregnee @TheConversationUS Yes. That's how free speech works.
