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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by Cookingboy on Friday August 07, 2020 @01:58PM (#24084744)
There are no Chinese restriction on U.S. companies. Why do you think iMessage and Skype are popular in China? If FB/Google doesn't want to operate in China because they don't want to comply to the same law that applies to everyone, then good for them. There are no explicit bans on Facebook and Google.

>It's not arbitrary to counter that benefit with a loss of access to the US.

Xiaomi and Huawei competes against Samsung and Apple within the Chinese market. Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Cisco, etc are just some of the big tech companies that enjoy a ton of revenue from China.

>The president executes the laws

The law specifically says he cannot use it to restrict any personal communication to foreign entities. So yeah, he has no right to do this.

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by MattGaiser on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:13PM (#24084867)
> There are no Chinese restriction on U.S. companies.

Try accessing Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, Google, etc...

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by renewiltord on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:15PM (#24087384)
Oh that meaning of ban. Like how the EU bans access to the Boston Globe and LA News because they don't comply with GDPR.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by unishark on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:06PM (#24088367)
> The law specifically says he cannot use it to restrict any personal communication to foreign entities. So yeah, he has no right to do this.

According to the article he is planning to restrict transactions with the companies, not personal communication.

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