ByteDance: TikTok doesn't even sell without an algorithm – IT – News

The difference is very important:
The new law gives ByteDance a year to sell TikTok to a US-based company, or the app will face a complete ban from US app stores.

Sales to an American company and a company based in America are not the same.
(1) “United States business” means— (A) a United States citizen; ( A corporation, partnership, or other association created under the laws of the United States or any state (including the District of Columbia or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States); monster) A foreign corporation, partnership, or other association, more than 95 percent of which is owned by persons mentioned in subparagraphs (a) and (b); And

So you can create and own a company in America, but you may be subject to the law.

@Danny Phantom's post gives a very good overview of the list of countries that qualify for this law.

People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China)
Republic of Cuba (Cuba)
Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Russian Federation (Russia)
Venezuelan politician Nicolas Maduro (Maduro regime)

And again, the country you're coming from obviously agrees with the US government, so I don't really know what they're complaining about.

Apple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from the Chinese version of the App Store at the request of the Chinese government. The reason for the government's decision is “concerns about national security.”. Messaging services Telegram and Signal have also disappeared from the platform.

News: Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from the Chinese App Store after a Chinese request…

The Chinese government clearly sees America as an adversary and is using exactly the same logic (we ignore the fact that everything else has already been closed and there is no possibility of appeal here either).

There is absolutely no doubt that Bytedance must cooperate with the Chinese government according to Chinese law (and I can already see the philosophies coming), and no, the law in China is a completely different system than it is in America, since Apple is Chinese you don't have to try to deny Help).

Then we look at the Chinese government's actions on social media in the West.

Most recently, Meta discontinued two China-based operations in the third quarter of this year. One was a network of about 4,800 Facebook accounts impersonating Americans and posting about domestic politics and relations between the United States and China.

Now you are giving the same government an application where they can force the parent company to cooperate without any control, and we must also follow exactly the same path in Europe.

Wikipedia: Censorship by TikTok

There is evidence that TikTok has weighted down posts on topics deemed sensitive by the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party. Topics allegedly censored by the platform include the persecution of Uyghurs in China, the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, the Sino-Indian border dispute, foreign political leaders, members of the LGBTQ+ community, the disabled, and people of African descent. TikTok has also removed or deleted information from its services to comply with company policies, legal demands, and government censorship laws.

[Reactie gewijzigd door Zyphlan op 27 april 2024 11:15]