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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by rsanek on Sunday January 19, 2025 @11:35AM (#42758523)
they didn't demand it be sold to the US. they just said it can't be owned by china, NK, Russia, Iran. a European company could buy it and everyone could keep using it.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by motorest on Sunday January 19, 2025 @11:43AM (#42758620)
> they didn't demand it be sold to the US. they just said it can't be owned by china, NK, Russia, Iran.

On that note, I wonder if the same approach should apply to Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by nmeofthestate on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:09PM (#42758934)
It would be a no-op.

"Twitter cannot be Chinese (or NK etc) owned."

OK, done.

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