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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by sueydhdj on Saturday August 01, 2020 @12:10AM (#24017492)
The point isn't to stop Chinese people from phoning home so a lot of that would be silly. Social media platforms that go mainstream are incredible propaganda and normalization tools, especially when their key demographic is a nation's youth. No one cares about WeChat because it's not nearly as influential in America and probably never will be.
Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by threatofrain on Saturday August 01, 2020 @01:53AM (#24018008)
Which isn't exactly reassuring or clarifying of any brightline, so of course this question continues to be in the air — unresolved. Will a stable framework of technological trade emerge between east and west besides "consult your legal oracles"?