• takeda@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    3 days ago

    The whole idea about forcing TikTok to be sold, is that right now TikTok doesn’t have to obey any laws.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      3 days ago

      Who is out there saying this? That’s ridiculous. Are foreign people exempt from our laws when they visit? No? Then why would you believe foreign companies are exempt?

          • monk@lemmy.unboiled.info
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            11 hours ago

            TikTok app merely being operational in the US is not presence. Implying that would be as ridiculous as giving a country jurisdiction over you becaues you sent a letter there.

            • Maggoty@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              10 hours ago

              It absolutely is presence. Otherwise the Brazilians couldn’t deal with X either. This is far more than sending a letter. And pretending we have no jurisdiction over companies operating in our country is ridiculous.

      • takeda@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        3 days ago

        So what keeps them to obey US laws?

        Ok, let me ask a different question. What can be done when a product from a foreign country doesn’t obey laws? Hint, it is happening on Sunday.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          3 days ago

          What laws? We literally just passed a law to ban them. There wasn’t any law they were breaking before. This is the corporate version of Congress passing a bill to send you to prison.

          Saying this is the only regulation possible is breathtakingly ridiculous.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        2 days ago

        Funny how you had replied to a comment from me in another discussion explaining what that meant and now you’re acting like you had never seen that comment.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          2 days ago

          When I ask that question I’m looking for a source point. Usually when multiple people show up on social media claiming something like this it means some podcaster somewhere put it out there.