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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by dannyw on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:21PM (#24612313)
The US is a democratic government with the rule of law, as seen in this very example with a judge blocking the order.
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by Cthulhu_ on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:55AM (#24613701)
The US tries to keep up the outward appearance of that, but underneath it is or is quickly becoming a fascist police-state oligarchy.
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by sneak on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:29AM (#24613944)
It seems that the US has the rule of law only in cases where the rule of law is not in conflict with the military dictatorship.

In the cases where the military dictatorship wants to jail a journalist (Assange) or has some protesters for a photo op, law no longer rules and instead the military just does what it wants without consequences.

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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by pjmlp on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:39AM (#24613307)
I have seen very democratic arrests going on as well, pity that the person getting arrested can't testify any longer.
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by viktorcode on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:19AM (#24614653)
Nevertheless, attempts to censor media should be concerning, no?
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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by chrischen on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:07AM (#24614585)
Seems like the judge is agreeing with your parent poster.
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