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The government already has the power to regulate foreign media and broadcasters because it's well understood that their agenda may be inimical to national security.

We're just discussing how this may be applied to a 'broadcaster' such as TikTok which isn't covered by the legislation that covers legacy media.

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How does the US government have power to regulate foreign media? There is no great firewall. The government doesn’t even have the power to regulate American media except when it is broadcast over the airwaves.

The only reason that government can legislate mecha over the airwaves is because public spectrum belongs to people and is licensed

> How does the US government have power to regulate foreign media?

Since 2017, U.S. legislators and the Department of Justice have required multiple foreign-funded news organizations to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA)

https://cpj.org/2019/07/several-foreign-news-outlets-require...

It requires them to “register”. It can not tell them what to publish or how to publish it.

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