Re item 1: See [0]. Arguably any corporation involved in government censoring operations (which are by definition extra-judicial) is an active arm of said government. There's a reason people have taken to calling our current state "crony capitalism".

Re item 3: TikTok is worse than that. The recommendation feeds are specifically designed to rot the minds of American citizens. [1]

[0] https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/house-gop-want...

[1] https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/24/23467181/difference-betwe...