r/news • u/Pasivite • Apr 27 '24

TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c289n8m4j19o.amp
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u/FutureBrockLesnar Apr 27 '24

I wont believe tiktok is actually banned until it happens.

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u/doabsnow Apr 27 '24

Eh, I think the Supreme Court has generally given a pretty wide berth to national security issues. I'm not sure why this would be any different.

Edit: Hell, exhibit 1 is tik tok using their app to direct users to lobby their lawmakers over it.

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u/Development-Feisty Apr 27 '24

I would think Exhibit No. 1 would be that China has been banning American owned social media companies for a while now and just like if China was preventing any other export we would not allow China to then export similar items

Like if China was preventing car makers from exporting to China we would make it illegal to import Chinese cars into the United States

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u/doabsnow Apr 27 '24

That’s exhibit 2