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Re:U.S. Commerce Department rescinds TikTok, WeChat prohibit... by CyanBird on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:54AM (#27591003)
> It sucks up so much data straight to the Chinese government

Do you have a source for this? At least in the case of the US all user data by law must remain in the country, wouldn't surprise me if the same happened on the entirety of the EU

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Re:U.S. Commerce Department rescinds TikTok, WeChat prohibit... by corytheboyd on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:23AM (#27591267)
Seriously, does anyone have anything?
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Re:U.S. Commerce Department rescinds TikTok, WeChat prohibit... by pm90 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:39AM (#27591461)
As ByteDance is headquartered in the PRC, I imagine they have to comply with whatever the CCP asks them to do. Similar to how Facebook would have to comply with a US courts subpoena for records even if it belonged to a foreign National, but worse since it’s the Party and not an independent Judiciary making such requests.
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