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by ImPostingOnHN 835 days ago
I think the other poster is pointing out that China already did this, and this law itself is the "follow-up with similar laws" response to their actions.
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> I think the other poster is pointing out that China already did this

No china didn't. That's my point. You and the poster's assertion is an outright propaganda lie that's been repeated ad nauseum. China has the same laws that the EU has and the US has. Where citizens' data is stored and controlled locally. Tiktok is storing american data within the US.

If china enacts similar 'tiktok' laws, then apple, microsoft and every tech company operating in china would have to sell its entire chinese operations to chinese entities.

I hope china, india, EU and the rest of the world takes the tiktok bill as a blueprint and enacts similar laws.

> Tiktok is storing american data within the US.

Even TikTok's employees say that is false.

> Video-sharing app says it has walled off American data, but employees say data is still sometimes shared with its China-based parent

https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-pledged-to-protect-u-s-data-...