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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by logicchains on Sunday January 19, 2025 @09:11AM (#42757120)
>China doesn't allow foreign corporations to operate within their borders. why should we?

China is a dictatorship where people have no rights. America was built on the principle that the government shouldn't have the power to tell the common people what to do.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by TulliusCicero on Sunday January 19, 2025 @11:50AM (#42758688)
The idea that the US government doesn't have the power to regulate trade, especially with geopolitical adversaries, has never been some bedrock principle of America.
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