[cscurmudgeon]

> But your link (the NYT times) says exactly what I said.

No, it doesn’t. Read again. Was a fair trial held? No. End of story.

CCP does not rule according to laws. The only laws are CCP’s words and now Do’s words.

And you have a false equivalence here. TikTok has CCP board members and is not banned for US citizens.

> So it _is_ simply because it's foreign. How long do you think Google would survive in the US if it didn't comply with US requests? It does comply with requests and three letter agencies have access to data (as per Edward Snowden).

For a while. There would be court cases. Companies refuse US govt requests all the time and fight it in a court of law. A Snowden equivalent in China would be killed and not just a fugitive.