Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action

Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by akersten on Friday July 31, 2020 @11:27PM (#24017167)

Preventing the purchase and import of physical equipment into the US is a lot different than preventing the import of code/speech. I fully understand the former is allowed, but I highly doubt the president possesses the authority to do the latter.

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by busymom0 on Friday July 31, 2020 @11:54PM (#24017368)

This has been the case since the launch of the App Store. It’s not new. When uploading an app to Apple App Store, you have to do disclosures about cryptography exports.

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by akersten on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:02AM (#24017428)

While I still vehemently believe the crypto export laws are a stinking pile of 1st Amendment violation, we're talking about code import here, and I don't think there's legislative precedent (and certainly not executive) to enact something like this.

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by busymom0 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:27PM (#24023188)

This has happened multiple times before. The forced selling of Grindr back to US ownership from Chinese ownership was the most recent example.

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by iso947 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:51AM (#24018877)

The US prevented the export of code/speech for decades, in fact I’m fairly sure it’s illegal to import recordings of certain speech.

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