@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agoUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square337fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down116 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1607arrow-down1external-linkUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square337fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@stolylinkEnglish18•7 months agoActually a court in any country can prevent a company from doing something. When you do business in a country you have to abide by their laws.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoThat’s right, I totally came off wrong. I meant that U.S. lawmakers can’t force ByteDance to sell TikTok, as the headline implies.
minus-square@stolylinkEnglish3•7 months agoThough possibly US operations could be sold off, whatever that would mean.
Actually a court in any country can prevent a company from doing something. When you do business in a country you have to abide by their laws.
That’s right, I totally came off wrong. I meant that U.S. lawmakers can’t force ByteDance to sell TikTok, as the headline implies.
Though possibly US operations could be sold off, whatever that would mean.