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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by pantalaimon on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:51PM (#42741892)
The FCC doesn't make rules based on who owns the telephone though.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by SkyPuncher on Friday January 17, 2025 @02:16PM (#42742141)
Actually, they kind of do.

> US bans sale of Huawei, ZTE tech amid security fears

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63764450

This was an FCC rule

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by insane_dreamer on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:32PM (#42745856)
A better analogy are TV stations, which cannot be owned by a foreign entity, and why Murdoch became a US citizen (or he would not have been able to own Fox).
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