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It seems like the move is to force ByteDance to set up a company incorporated wholly in the United States, which would then be subject to the oversight of the U
by richeyryan 2y ago
It seems like the move is to force ByteDance to set up a company incorporated wholly in the United States, which would then be subject to the oversight of the US government. Then, Byte Dance would lease the IP surrounding TikTok to this separate company. All the US customer data would be siloed on US servers and perused by US agencies and Byte Dance would still get their revenue from the US market. I don't know if the close association with ByteDance and China would still make that sort of arrangement a target of the US government.
- iLoveOncall 2y agoThe move is to ban TikTok.
- throwaway4good 2y agoThat seems to be the case - big win for the lobbyist of meta and Google.
- The_Colonel 2y agoByteDance can avoid ban by selling it. Why wouldn't they sell it?
- throwaway4good 2y agoI don’t think they can sell it without the Chinese part. Which they probably cannot sell. So basically it is a ban.
- The_Colonel 2y agoWhy can't they sell it without the Chinese part?