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A comment on TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company. Parent comment

Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by threeseed on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:47AM (#24291069)
Because I can file a lawsuit against Zoom or I can speak to the press and have them investigate any evidence I may have.

You can't do either with a Chinese company.

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Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by coliveira on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:27AM (#24291292)
TikTok is not a Chinese company, it operates under US laws. You're just repeating disinformation spread by the US government.
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Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by kube-system on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:32PM (#24295374)
> TikTok is not a Chinese company, it operates under US laws.

TikTok is a subsidiary of ByteDance which is headquartered in Beijing. It operates under US law, and it operates under the control of a parent company that operates under CCP control.

> You're just repeating disinformation spread by the US government.

The claims made by the person you are responding to are not things the US government has said. In fact, you can file suit against foreign companies in the US -- this person's misunderstanding of the situation has nothing to do with the US government's stated concerns.

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Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by seanmcdirmid on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:17AM (#24291237)
You can file a lawsuit against any company that operates in the USA.
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