Re:EFF: Forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban is un...
by afiori on Friday June 28, 2024 @10:22AM
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Precisely what China did yes.
To be precise I believe that China's requirements were mostly around using local datacenters and respecting censors, the US is actually going a step further even if only because it is ashamed of how much it needs to censors its warcrimes.
> Look up the law on foreign ownership of traditional media
The traditional media was an oligopoly and a very important gatekeeper of information. The internet is both of those things but in a less exclusive fashion.
To be precise I believe that China's requirements were mostly around using local datacenters and respecting censors, the US is actually going a step further even if only because it is ashamed of how much it needs to censors its warcrimes.
> Look up the law on foreign ownership of traditional media
The traditional media was an oligopoly and a very important gatekeeper of information. The internet is both of those things but in a less exclusive fashion.