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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by PurpleRamen on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @12:42PM (#40146672)
Funny list. I'm curious why something like swiggy.com, a food ordering and delivery platform is there. Do they even operate in china?
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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by kube-system on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @04:26PM (#40149149)
To protect local competitors (and local control)?

> Do they even operate in china?

If they were going to, they won't now.

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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by kylehotchkiss on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @05:28PM (#40149909)
probably a tit-for-tat against India banning a lot of Chinese services back in 2020
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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by insane_dreamer on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @05:54PM (#40150206)
blocking is not always that fine-grained; there are tons of IPs/domains blocked that have nothing to do with China
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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by ffpip on Thursday April 25, 2024 @01:04AM (#40153643)
They don't operate in China but I'm pretty sure they have received funding from chinese investors.
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