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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by jjcon on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:42PM (#24522164)
Google and Facebook were banned long ago in China - if anything these actions are retaliation for that.

Apple has been allowed in but has had to divest all data hosting to Chinese controlled companies.

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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by tomComb on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:59PM (#24522677)
Google wasn't banned. They pulled out due (primarily) to requirement that they censor search results.
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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by three_seagrass on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:34PM (#24523479)
That is still saying the same thing, isn't it?
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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by cmauniada on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:23PM (#24522447)
This is a point most people seem to forget. In simpler terms it's retaliation - granted they could have done this a long time a go? maybe... but right now there are other interests at stake as well.
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