Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by charliea0 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:10PM (#37164915)

Seems difficult to ban TikTok alone without violating the First Amendment. If you more generally banned exploitative data practices then you’d interfere with other social media companies as well.

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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by empath-nirvana on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:14PM (#37164981)

I think legally, all they can really do is force tiktok to cut all ties with the chinese government if they want to operate in the US.

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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by brucethemoose2 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:17PM (#37165038)

Is there any precedent for the US banning foreign press?

If not, I think that speaks volumes.

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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by cheriot on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:20PM (#37165895)

There's a lot of precedence for regulating commerce based on who owns the company and what country the owner is in.

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