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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by hot_gril on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @05:20PM (#40149826)
That saying applies to things you cannot take back, like blinding someone, not trade agreements. It's also like an eye for 200 eyes at this point. Tit-for-tat (or some softer variation) is pretty standard diplomatic protocol.
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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by jtriangle on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @05:51PM (#40150166)
Sure, but can you take back banning a social media platform? Very likely not, because even if you did, it'd still be ruined by a massive loss of users/ad partners/etc.

Realistically, what we needed is comprehensive user privacy legislation, which would prevent anyone from spying on us, including our own government. Likely the reason that did not happen is because our government enjoys access to our user data for various things.

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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by hot_gril on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @05:58PM (#40150263)
It would cause damage that can be mended, same as how restricting steel trade would definitely hurt or bankrupt some companies caught up in it.
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