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US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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Post by toomuchtodo »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #20
toomuchtodo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

God, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s the perfect use case for crypto to avoid US payment rail controls. Get a16z on the phone, he said with less sarcasm than one would expect.

Using crypto doesn’t somehow make you immune to prosecution. If the government says TikTok is banned, no company’s chief counsel is going to suggest getting around the ban by using bitcoin.

It took forever for the US to do anything about Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb breaking the law. In a post competency, low regulation environment we’re entering, it makes sense to explore creative solutions to extend runway imho (vs immediately folding).

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Post by nadermx »

unitedscamerica wrote: post #18
nadermx wrote: post #2

Bizarre, in the land of free speech the government is suppressing it.

This has nothing to do with speech.

So banning a public square has nothing to do with free speech?

"A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen, and then, after reflection, speak and listen once more."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packingham_v._North_Carolina

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Post by xiphias2 »

So many decisions are being made during the transition that could have been made before the election. Is this normal / good for the countries in general?

Regarding TikTok I agree that it's a national security problem for USA in its current form, so actually it is not even the decision that I oppose.

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Post by ImJamal »

rodgerd wrote: post #5
bdangubic wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Land of free speech? Maybe in like a John Wayne movie was this ever true… Like you know other parts of Bill or “Rights” like “prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures” except like your toothpaste at the airport… Americans are generally too funny thinking it is still “land of the free”

Hayes Code. Comics Code Authority. And so on and so forth.

None of those were laws?

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

xiphias2 wrote: post #24

So many decisions are being made during the transition that could have been made before the election. Is this normal / good for the countries in general? Regarding TikTok I agree that it's a national security problem for USA in its current form, so actually it is not even the decision that I oppose.

The decision was made a year ago when the bill was passed.

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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Post by dialup_sounds »

nadermx wrote: post #23
unitedscamerica wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This has nothing to do with speech.

So banning a public square has nothing to do with free speech? "A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen, and then, after reflection, speak and listen once more." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packingham_v._North_Carolina

"The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States,” said the court’s opinion, which was written by Judge Douglas Ginsburg. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok_v._Garland

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