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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by belorn on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:51AM (#24614479)
The US could tailor laws that would have the same effect, but would that actually change the situation?

As an example, they could make it illegal for all video hosting companies operating in the US to censor videos on Taiwan, Tienanmen and Tibet.

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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by vkou on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:00AM (#24614544)
> As an example, they could make it illegal for all video hosting companies operating in the US to censor videos on Taiwan, Tienanmen and Tibet.

Which would probably run afoul of the first amendment. Freedom of speech requires freedom to refrain from speech.

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Re:Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads fro... by belorn on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:57AM (#24614923)
They could define it as discrimination against people from Taiwan and Tibet. It looks very similar to discrimination based on national origin, especially if the company does not recognize the nation sovereignty.

But even if that would fail, I am sure that a team full of lawyer could find something which would be incompatible with Chinese law.

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