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throwawayyusa on Oct 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: ByteDance planned to use TikTok to surveil specifi...

The FTC regulates domestic tech companies' collection and usage of location data. I can assure you this is not the case for overseas companies.

snehk on Oct 21, 2022 [–]

Overseas companies don't have to follow US laws? That's completely false.

throwawayyusa on Oct 21, 2022 | [–]

I'm pretty sure the FTC ruling against Facebook only affects Facebook. Do you think anyone in our government is in a position to stand up against China right now?

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