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Re:Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Tr... by bigpumpkin on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:33PM (#24024480)
1. There's the First Amendment in the US

2. Tens of millions of Americans use Tiktok as a platform for speech.

3. Now Trump wants to prohibit the platform which enables the free exercise of political speech against him.

What's more important, geopolitical considerations or the Constitution?

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Re:Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Tr... by endogui on Saturday August 01, 2020 @10:24PM (#24025814)
The first amendment doesn't preclude the government liquidating a news business or publisher for unrelated reasons, such as fraud or tax violations. In this case Bytedance is basically being accused of (being accomplice to) espionage.
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