TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by pjc50 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:40PM (#42760073)

> the laws in China prevent a sale

First I've heard of this.

The conflicting legal obligations remind me of the Microsoft "safe harbour" case, which is becoming a lot more relevant and still isn't really adequately resolved.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by adastra22 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @03:55PM (#42761715)

They’re confusing the US TikTok subsidiary with ByteDance parent organization. They were only required to sell the subsidiary.

Ironically this would be enforcing the very same law that exists in China, where all companies have to be majority Chinese owned.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by rfoo on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:13PM (#42761890)

I believe the law mentioned here isn't focused on which organization it is. The law itself basically said you can't export recommendation algorithm. Yes, in the very similar wording as in "you can't export certain GPU chips".

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by adastra22 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @05:02PM (#42762419)

Which is fine. The whole point of the divestment was to NOT use the CCP-controlled recommendation algorithm.

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