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by hapticmonkey 416 days ago
Let’s not also forget that Apple and Google are currently illegally distributing the TikTok app in their platforms. Despite a law passed by Congress and upheld by the supreme court that this shouldn’t be happening. But I guess the president, with no legal basis, gets to just order an extension and pinky promise not to enforce it. This is the new crazy dynamic between the administration and tech companies.

https://www.theverge.com/23651507/tiktok-ban-us-news
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7thaccount 416 days ago
We're going into some kind of crazy corruption. When tariffs change hourly, it becomes impossible for a business to adhere to the law. The only way around that is paying off the people doing the auditing or the people at the top. This isn't good.
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pjc50 416 days ago
> currently illegally distributing the TikTok app in their platforms

What's the text of the law about this? Was there a free speech lawsuit over it, or is state censorship of the app store fine now? Just asking because in another thread someone is complaining that EU doesn't have free speech compared to the US.

(edit: wow, we're already flagged off the front page, huh)

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hapticmonkey 416 days ago
The Wikipedia page has a good summary of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok_v._Garland
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