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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by vivekd on Sunday January 19, 2025 @08:11PM (#42763913)
That's true and that's actually something the courts consider. The standard is unreasonable burden. So it's not necessarily anything that makes speech harder, but if it does make speech unreasonably burdensome then it would run afoul of the first amendment.

So if the alternative places where such speech could be hosted were extremely limited, expensive or very difficult to use then the law banning a platform could create an unreasonable burden.

Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by simondotau on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:14PM (#42764289)
Suggesting that a shuttering of TikTok represents any impediment to your First Amendment rights — even if no comparable alternative existed — is to misunderstand what was promised by the Constitution.

Of course, plenty of comparable alternatives do exist.