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I've never used TikTok and probably never will, but I still don't think it's the government's job to decide what apps I'm allowed to use and what not. Educate people about the dangers of social media and if that doesn't work then it's out of your hands.
Do you also think the same about alcohol, tobacco, drugs and gambling?
3/4 of those are literally allowed in the United States and most of the rest of the world (in fact the US is stricter on drugs and alcohol than a lot of it's peer nations.) And nobody's forcing Smirnoff to sell to AB InBev.
You seem to be missing the point.
This is exactly why I posted my comment: Those things are regulated since they have age restrictions/bans/taxes(tarrifs?). TikTok doesn't have any of those. It's not like you can tax TikTok use like you can tax alcohol use so I don't understand your comparison with Smirnoff.