Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by kelnos on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:13AM
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This is not a new precedent. The US government has placed foreign-ownership restrictions on media companies since before the public internet was a thing. The only difference here is that it's targeted at a specific company, but I'm not really up in arms about that, even though I think they definitely could have written the law without naming ByteDance or TikTok specifically.
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by themaninthedark on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:07AM
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Not just media companies, the government block a Japanese company from buying US Steel. Not out of antitrust concerns but due to the foreign ownership aspect.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by xp84 on Monday January 20, 2025 @11:55AM
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Yup, and that was done against one of our most loyal allies.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by xcrunner529 on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:32PM
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Yep, but people don't pay attention to history anymore and their ignorance keeps us repeating it.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by j33zusjuice on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:25AM
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Did they ever?
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
by xcrunner529 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @03:06PM
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I think more people in government did because they actually were educated and not just all grifters.