charonn0

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Greg Barns claims that the case should be stopped because it represents an unprecedented attempt by the US to prosecute an individual who is not one of its citizens, and who was not in the US when the WikiLeaks material was published. This is called extraterritorial reach and generally the law frowns on it.

The US and the UK have an extradition treaty that permits this. The UK can withdraw from the treaty, but unless they do this line of argument is willfully dishonest.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (3 children)

He sold a property for more than its estimated market value.

Nice try.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I think you're thinking of an open relay, not a catchall mailbox.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The only difference between TikTok and other social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram is that TikTok is Chinese owned.

The law would also appy to Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

The US government demanded access to the US based social media companies to pull whatever sensitive information they wanted. They just don’t want China to have the same access.

Or Russia, Iran, or North Korea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Social media apps are invasive. Social media apps controlled by adversarial governments are dangerous. This is true regardless of who we're talking about. The pearl-clutching over 'censorship', 'racism', etc. is kind of ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you saying the Florida law is redundant?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The "show about nothing" was a fictional, in-universe sitcom called "Jerry". The real show "Seinfeld" was about where a comedian got his material.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

How should I know? Or you, for that matter?

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