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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by whoevercares on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:22AM (#24019598)
From a native Chinese’s perspective, this is scary: what’s the next thing he will ban?

- Wechat: this make a virtual “family separation”

- A purge of any app related to China (TuSimple, Zoom etc)

- Suspend F1 and H1B visa for “suspected” Chinese and make special scrutiny during immigration interviews for all Chinese applicants

- witch hunt more

Let me tell you what’s this: Chinese Exclusion Act II

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by diebeforei485 on Saturday August 01, 2020 @10:05AM (#24020503)
What's wrong with banning WeChat?

China bans WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and a whole other bunch of apps.

Zoom should be scrutinized very heavily and potentially banned as well. Keep in mind China bans Skype.

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by whoevercares on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:46PM (#24024159)
Zoom’s founder is of Chinese origin but it entirely US based from the beginning.
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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by diebeforei485 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:02PM (#24030756)
No, their engineers are mostly in China.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/26/zoom-key-profit-driver-ahead...

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Re:Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action by chaostheory on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:07AM (#24026249)
Isn’t this what happens to Western companies and products in China?
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