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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by npteljes on Friday July 01, 2022 @06:14PM (#31953714)
Yes, some of those are banned. Banned means to prohibit, especially by legal means. These websites are not reachable from mainland China, so they are banned in mainland China.

Their operation wasn't suspended for a compliance reason. This article lists some of those, and their (suspected) reason for the ban:

https://www.businessinsider.com/major-us-tech-companies-bloc...

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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by throwaway123989 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:14PM (#32090373)
Then there are a lot of Chinese companies are banned from US market.
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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by npteljes on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:34AM (#32116221)
What's your point?
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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by throwaway123989 on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:11PM (#32140667)
The point is there is no moral high ground in economic competition.
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