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JAlexoid 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might ...

This law is dumb, because in no way does it prevent the exact same data to be collected, processed by a US entity and then transferred to China.

I suspect that it's not about data being transferred, but the fact that TikTok can shape opinions of Americans... which US companies do a lot, without any oversight.

mplanchard 5 months ago | [–]

It is a separate law from the one passed in April, 2024, which makes what you're talking about illegal: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7520

tmnvdb 5 months ago | [–]

You suspect that? It is the literal stated reason for it.

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