In the EU, I'd rank it a lower national security threat than Twitter or Facebook, by far.

And seeing what's going on in the US now, I'd maybe have the same analysis for the US.

China doesn't consider EU it's primary advesary/competitor either though. They have a lot more incentive to use it against the USA.

But it is a threat and all of those threats should be dealt with .

All threats aren't equal. I'm more afraid of Twitter and Facebook, where there's tons of official government presence.

How? It might expedite intel gathering and psychological warfare to an extent but let's not pretend China doesn't have agents inside of all of the "friendly" platforms already.

Because China can control what gets recommended to TikTok viewers and actively brainwash them. Even if it does not work on all people that's enough to be a security concern.

So is Facebook and Instagram.

We’re only talking about banning the foreign one.

Also, by that logic, all publishing is potentially a “national security concern”.

Banning /foreign/ influence and propaganda? Why would a country want to do that I wonder?

We should bring back RT while we're at it then eh?

Yes. Human rights to free expression don’t end at the border, and are not contingent on citizenship.

If you only believe in human rights for passport holders, you don’t believe in human rights.

Furthermore, if you think your enemies having the right to publish whatever they like is a national security threat, you don’t believe in the nation or its founding principles as outlined in the US constitution.

State censorship is much more of a national security threat than foreign propaganda.

I think a lot of people don't consider the implications of foreign powers acting against their nation, not a corporation in that country but the actual government using it's vast resources to undermine other countries.

That Facebook/whatsapp/instagram arent ‘foreign’ is an illusion. They are controlled by the same entity, the capitalist elite.

You give me your take on, quote, Trump banning voice of America, unquote?