TikTok users in the US are experiencing something long familiar to much of the world: a flourishing online social space existentially threatened by politics (John Herrman/New York Times)

John Herrman / New York Times:
TikTok users in the US are experiencing something long familiar to much of the world: a flourishing online social space existentially threatened by politics  —  Banned apps, nefarious theories, trade wars, voiceless users.  The case of TikTok isn't news to most of the world.