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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by cranberryturkey on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @03:49PM (#40148756)
banning competitors?
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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by kstrauser on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @04:23PM (#40149121)
Destroying competitors is just about the most laissez faire capitalist thing imaginable.
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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by astrange on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @04:01PM (#40148878)
They aren't banned. Their owner ByteDance is banned from owning them.

(TikTok is banned in China though, so it'd be fair if they were banned.)

Anyway, Chinese communism doesn't ban competitors.

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