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0 pointsDraiken5y ago0 comments

I think OP means:

> is largely unprecedented "in the US".

As others stated, if the US wants to start using China as a country to base its precedents on, that's even more concerning in my view.

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threeseed5y ago

Countries blocking companies from operating on national security grounds is hardly new in the US or anywhere really.

It might be the first US mobile app however I will grant you that.

ryosuke5y ago

I don't think anyone's arguing that it's not legitimate for a country to ban a company on national security grounds, but that this is stretching the definition of what constitutes a national security threat.

Which companies currently banned in the US would you say are comparable to TikTok in terms of the threat they could potentially pose?

dariusj185y ago

I would say that mass surveillance by a foreign country is not a stretch.

robotron5y ago

Compare HK and Portland...

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