Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage for shutdown

Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by RobotToaster on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:59AM (#42739149)

FWIW facebook was blocked in 2009, after ETIM (East Turkistan Islamic Movement) (allegedly) used it to organise the July Urumqi riots, and facebook refused to follow Chinese law and cooperate with the police to identify the perpetrators.

Whatever you think of the law of the PRC, they applied it consistently, Facebook was blocked for doing something that would get any Chinese company shut down.

Tiktok is getting blocked in America for doing what American companies do.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:13AM (#42739411)

> Whatever you think of the law of the PRC, they applied it consistently

Chinese courts are explicitly subservient to the party.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by RobotToaster on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:21AM (#42739589)

That doesn't address my point, do you believe the law was applied inconsistently in this case?

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by ok123456 on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:44PM (#42741028)

So are American ones, apparently.

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