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TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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TikTok's bid to overturn a law which would see it banned or sold in the US from early 2025 has been rejected.

The social media company had hoped a federal appeals court would agree with its argument that the law was unconstitutional because it represented a "staggering" impact on the free speech of its 170 million US users.

But the court upheld the law, which it said "was the culmination of extensive, bipartisan action by the Congress and by successive presidents".

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The court agreed the law was "carefully crafted to deal only with control by a foreign adversary, and it was part of a broader effort to counter a well-substantiated national security threat posed by the PRC (People's Republic of China)."

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 weeks ago (32 children)

But the free market is free, guys! Look at this freedom!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (24 children)

It helps to think before you type.

The free market is free if and when you play by the same -democratic- rules. Look at Romania, just to name an actual example. Tiktok is much worse than Facebook and (most) others, and being worse is not an easy task here.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Tik Tok is not much worse than Facebook. The only reason is because Facebook cooperates with the US agencies, while they don't get the information from Tik Tok. US does not like that citizen data is going to China instead being able to collect it themselves. From privacy standpoint of the end user, it does not matter who has the data; lost privacy is lost privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

From a national security standpoint of the government, it absolutely does matter who has the data.

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