News Forum - US asks TikTok to cut ties with China or face ban

[Thaiger]

In a landmark decision, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that could force TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, to cut all ties with its Chinese parent company or face a ban in the United States. With United States President Joe Biden signalling his readiness to sign off on the legislation pending Senate approval, … …

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[VitoNiko]

nothing LANDMARK about US high & mighty ways just because it can. Huawei & microchip sanctions already showed how US uses predatory legislature & fabricated "evidence" to crush competitors. That's why, if you run afoul with the DC swamp or obstruct their unseen income, your life is legislatively sčręwėd..!! Look no further than the present persecution of an ex-president. 

Edited March 16 by VitoNiko
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[MrStretch]

Really?  The Huawei sanctions weren't in response to clandestine data gathering and transmission back to China?  Really?  It wasn't only the US that discovered this.

As for microchip sanctions, I guess that industrial development should allow the stealing, copying and reproduction of proprietary designs and development, eh?

I can see that you don't like the U.S. and that's perfectly fine but that doesn't mean everything they do is clandestine or wrong, fitting your preconceived notions.

The U.S. wouldn't be the first nation to ban TikTok, nor a bunch of other Chinese apps.  How does India fit in with this anti-U.S. view of yours?

[EdwardV]

3 hours ago, VitoNiko said:

nothing LANDMARK about US high & mighty ways just because it can.

You’re right, they learned it from the Chinese. Last time I checked apps like Facebook, you tube, and google are banned in China on national security grounds. The Chinese have long forced U.S. companies out of partial ownership of Chinese companies when they so wish. 

As the saying goes: what is good for the goose is good for the gander. 

[Ramanathan.P]

May be Tic Tok should give some of its shares to the US politicians to make money. Then they will keep quiet.