>multitude of copy cat apps for their freedom of speech.

Except they can't. All of the other apps are under U.S. government control and have engaged in severe censorship on certain topics such as the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Even the politicians who voted for the bill have openly admitted that making Israel looking bad is the reason they are banning TikTok.

This ban effort regained momentum after October 7th, 2023: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-...

You believe the famously pro-Israel 4chan /pol/ is under US Government control?

> have engaged in severe censorship on certain topics such as the Israel-Gaza conflict

Then how are you posting it here ? Isn't this a social media network as well.

Part of what constitutes freedom of speech is freedom to hear what someone has to state which is constitutionally protected. The fact that there might be other venues where someone can produce speech, does not mean that the right to hear what someone has to say has not been denied.

Yes, it absolutely does mean that, in this case.

Sure, if finding and joining another platform was a difficult thing, that would be a problem. If no other platforms will host your speech, that's a problem. If your audience is significantly reduced in size, then that's a problem.

But none of that will be the case if TikTok is banned.

They don’t have enough bandwidth to compete with TikTok. There’s a network effect, like YouTube, iMessage, etc.

It is about freedom of speech, the freedom of China's speech within USA.