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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by itishappy on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:37AM (#42738678)
Why just TikTok? Are American corporations immune from coveting thy neighbor's possessions?
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by dralley on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:39AM (#42738735)
For the same reason Grindr was forced to sell to a non-Chinese parent, the risks of putting some apps / information in the hands of strategic competitors is too high. If a domestic company tried to blackmail people with their sexual history, they face domestic legal accountability. China does not.
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by tptacek on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:41AM (#42738789)
Jurisprudentially? Yes.
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by tmnvdb on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:44AM (#42738834)
Why is "The Chinese Communist Part is more dangerous than Meta sharholders" such a hard thing to grasp?
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by johnnyanmac on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:47AM (#42738896)
Because Facebook destabilized our nation in 8 years far more than any claims of modern CCP wrongdoings to the US.
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by Workaccount2 on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:01AM (#42739199)
Now imagine what would have happened if Facebook was owned by Russia.
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by itishappy on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:56AM (#42739091)
Why should it be? What does ByteDance want that isn't also valuable to Facebook?
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by tmnvdb on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:44AM (#42740021)
The destabilization of the United States and the end of it's status as the worlds richest and most powerful country?
Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by Workaccount2 on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:14AM (#42739445)
Facebook is a company owned by public shareholders.

ByteDance is an arm of the Chinese Communist Party.

What facebook and ByteDance want at their core are very different things.

Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by Hasu on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:58AM (#42739124)
Is it more dangerous? Facebook has done more harm to the average American than the Chinese Communist Party has.

More dangerous to the US government? Yes, that's true.