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You're arguing in bad faith, the point is that limiting access to speech platforms is not in the interest of citizens and only serves the government.

That's not bad faith. Your argument is bollocks -- free speech in action. And it was not impacted by using or not using TikTok.

Were TikTok to be banned, that comment would still exist.

Likewise, I'll post a video about it... to youtube, to vimeo, to wherever.

This made me wonder, is a conference's choice of which speakers to schedule an act of free speech by the conference organizers?

Is regulation of access to a public square a violation of free speech? What about shutdown of a given public square, knowing there are other squares?

They have enough tanks to squash as many people they'd like in as many town squares as they have, just like everyone saw them do in Tiananmen square.