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by Veraticus 775 days ago
TikTok has failed for years to comply with US laws about not sharing data with the CCP, despite numerous warnings to do so and even a forced partnership with Oracle.

This is the final result of their noncompliance with local laws. Just as Twitter/X's noncompliance with censorship laws has resulted in their ban in China.
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WhereIsTheTruth 775 days ago
Yet again, false claim, otherwise the US wouldn't need yet another series of laws in order to "enforce the law"

What's funny is the Oracle partnership demonstrated to the world that CIA/NSA had access to these servers for years, "Operation Decoy Tables", so i would say, the current events are quite beneficial for both parties, China and Rest of the World, as for the US, it's sad that all eyes are on TikTok, but that's what you get for only having 2 choice of the same cake for November (hey, that's the month of my birthday, the 5th too!)

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JumpCrisscross 775 days ago
> otherwise the US wouldn't need yet another series of laws in order to "enforce the law"

Since we passed a law about murder and injury once we never need worry about safety again! Silly lawmakers worrying about lead paint and checks notes creating the FDA.

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Veraticus 775 days ago
You seem to have a misunderstanding of how US law works. Not all laws have legislatively-defined consequences for violating them. For example, consider laws against terrorism: even though terrorism is illegal, sanctioning individuals for terrorism can be done either legislatively or executively and occurs on a case-by-case basis.

Similarly here to ByteDance, which has violated American laws for years and is now experiencing the consequences of its non-compliance.

So actually, my claim is true; your understanding of US law is what is lacking here.

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WhereIsTheTruth 775 days ago
Your claim is false, and your evidence is nowhere to be found
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Veraticus 775 days ago
Do you think that continually asserting my wrongness makes me wrong?

I encourage you to understand this issue more deeply. But if it is evidence you lack, here it is:

A timeline of TikTok's history of reported security flaws, continual failures to fix them, and why it is currently in this situation: https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-timeline-ban-biden-india-d...

A list of countries that have already banned TikTok and their reasons for doing so: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/these-countries-have-alre...

Of course, that list does not include China itself, which also has TikTok banned locally.

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