cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds banwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarecyd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoTikTok and its service providers are liable. “No one is enforcing” is meaningless, because they can still be prosecuted retrospectively if the US Government changes its mind.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoYup. They even asked for clarification on the “no enforcement” and the Biden administration basically just said “it is what it is”. What big company is going to take a risk like that?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agoWhat are they risking, exactly? The entire company has essentially been banned from the country, so they have nothing to lose.
TikTok and its service providers are liable. “No one is enforcing” is meaningless, because they can still be prosecuted retrospectively if the US Government changes its mind.
Yup. They even asked for clarification on the “no enforcement” and the Biden administration basically just said “it is what it is”.
What big company is going to take a risk like that?
What are they risking, exactly? The entire company has essentially been banned from the country, so they have nothing to lose.