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A comment on Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage for shutdown. Parent comment

Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by mplanchard on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:57AM (#42740248)
I don’t know the details of this app’s corporate structure, but if it’s developed here and user data stays here it would not qualify under the act. Based on the context of your and other comments I assumed it was also a foreign-controlled app
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by est on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:18PM (#42740644)
The REDnot is not a "foreign-controlled" app, it's a foreign app, and it does not target the US market. The US citizens chose to use a non-US app. How would US enforce a ban? Send marines to Shanghai and capture CEOs?
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by mplanchard on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:27PM (#42740764)
Oh I misread your comment (read /inside/ rather than /outside/ for some reason), but obviously the same way they’re going to ban tiktok? Make it illegal for the app stores to host.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by chis on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:37PM (#42740948)
... the same way tiktok is being banned? It is going to be removed from the app store
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by gs17 on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:38PM (#42740950)
REDnote is explicitly "小红书国际版", or "Little Red Book International Version" and is in English in US app stores. It's definitely targeting non-Chinese users.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by seventhtiger on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:01PM (#42742638)
It's targeting Chinese users abroad. The entire interface, and all the content, is Chinese only it hasn't been localized for anyone.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by gs17 on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:22PM (#42742871)
The interface also has English as an option, although it's not well done.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by glurblur on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:52PM (#42743111)
That's because it's only added recently. It's mainly used by overseas Chinese and mainland Chinese, also, until recently.
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