As usual, all the signal is in comments [1, 2, 3]; so-called 'articles' are just fake news composed by people with a conflict of interest and EPO "media partners".
TikTok - like Julian Assange - does not enjoy any protections of the First Amendment and since it's not a person it would lack these protections as an American company, too
This previously happened in Texas, where companies perceived their presence (in any form) to be a liability as patent trolls could drag them to friendly courts and win "damages"