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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by kelnos on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:49AM (#42766042)
> How is this ban actually enforced? By fining American companies for serving specific content.

No, it fines American companies for providing services to a certain foreign-owned company.

If this isn't permissible, then sanctions can't be a thing and OFAC can't do its job. (Whether or not that would be a good thing is a separate issue.)

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by llamaimperative on Monday January 20, 2025 @06:52AM (#42767729)
Funny that you mention that: sanction laws are also riddled with First Amendment questions, considerations, and constraints.

A SCOTUS that simply asserted these questions do not exist would also be laughable.

One very recent entry on this discourse:

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-and-foun...

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