> By this logic, the US government should be able to ban any newspaper that is publishing articles that they don't like:

Freedom of speech is that an American person cannot be blocked by the government saying what they want.

There is nothing in the first amendment that protects you from where you can say what you want, nor is anyone entitled to give you a platform.

That's why the US has "freedom of speech zones" which are basically cages far away from where they should be protesting.

TikTok was banned because it's owned by a foreign government, not freedom of speech. If the Chinese government had removed their connection to it, it would not have been banned.