[wtmt]

One thing I find amusing in this saga that's been playing out since the last few months is TikTok's reaction to being banned. When it was banned in India a couple of months ago, it didn't file any lawsuits claiming that it's not a threat to national security (though it has rejected such claims in the past). But when the U.S. announced a ban last month, TikTok sued the U.S. government "on the grounds that it was enacted without evidence and without any due process." [1]

I wonder what action these companies will take with this ban or what leverage China may try to use to de-escalate the situation.

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/tiktok-sues-the-u-s-govern...

[throwaway4good]

Maybe it thinks such a lawsuit has a chance in the US but not in India.

[econcon]

Theres word on street that Ruling party has bought Supreme Court Chief justice.

China isn't dumb, Indian justice system doesn't result in any justice for businsines unless ruling party's hand are greased.

[ubermon]

I think two important factors in play here, one is like what others said about better trust on the legal system in US to be relatively more independent; second I guess is just US market is too lucrative and significant to just let go.

[yorwba]

Are there any laws in India that would allow a banned company to sue the government?

[fellellor]

There are. Tiktok was banned in India on an earlier occasion because some women’s groups, or a ruling party politician, I fail to remember which, had claimed the app was morally corrupting the youth or some such thing. This ban was overturned once the company filed a case in the courts. IIRC, one of the arguments the defence successfully used was the ban would result in large job losses within the company. We are obviously way past any such argument now.