Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban

Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by rchaud on Monday October 09, 2023 @02:57PM (#37823898)

'Social Media' isn't a product category with safety and quality guidelines like agriculture or steel. It can't be banned on the basis of tit-for-tat without triggering a trade war blanket-banning a whole range of consumer software.

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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by webninja on Monday October 09, 2023 @03:30PM (#37824353)

First, the trade war already started with China banning US companies domestically. Second, it’s not like the US can’t trade more with its South American neighbors instead anyways.

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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by unmole on Monday October 09, 2023 @09:16PM (#37827515)

> China banning US companies domestically.

When did this happen?

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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by rasz on Monday October 09, 2023 @10:24PM (#37827907)

~2009 was FB, google, clouds followed in 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-amazon-cloud/amazon...

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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by goodbyesf on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:30AM (#37828519)

What ban? FB, Google, etc simply chose not to follow chinese laws and left. What US laws is tiktok violating? None.

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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by operatingthetan on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @01:05AM (#37828682)

Please practice the lost art of reading the article. Hint: it's discussing possible legislation.

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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by duxup on Monday October 09, 2023 @07:04PM (#37826563)

I am all for trying.

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