Yeah, "unequal" doesn't make sense. How about "hypocritical". By doing this the US loses a lot of its footing to criticize China's behavior. The US is supposed to be the land of the free, but this looks less than free.

TikTok is not in the US. "Land of The Free" never applied to different lands with different government.

Land of the Free didn't mean the British could move in and run things.

TikTok has some offices in the US. A lot of TikTok investors are in the US. How much has to be in the US for US rights to apply to it?

It's not about British running things (as in other people's lives). It's about British people having rights to run their own lives.

>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. //

I guess the "only for those people living within the bounds of USA." was inadvertently missed off the end there? /s

I think the 14th amendment to the Constitution strictly speaking says that "any person" (contrasted to Citizens) under the auspices of the USA should get equal treatment in law too.

>No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive _any person_ of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. //

Maybe this doesn't apply with federal laws (if so, what does restrain them??).

In order to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, you have to address those that infringe upon it.