>. But banning a brand of pens because you don't trust the chemicals in them as safe or routers because you're concerned about potential spy ware, seems reasonable.

Banning the pen is legitimate as knowingly harming people is a crime.

Banning the router isn't the same. At most they are guilty of false advertising, and even that can probably be made legal in the license provided. Besides, I may have reasons to want a router with spyware on it.

The same would apply to TikTok, but I think they're trying to say it's also "aiding our enemies" making it akin to a light form of treason.