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whimsicalism 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok goes dark in the US

so for data protection reasons, we only allow editorial discretion from US-domiciled companies?

yeah i fully reject this jingoistic reasoning

einrealist 5 months ago [–]

The law and also the SCOTUS ruling don't even touch editorial discretion. TikTok is free to do whatever as long user data is safe from being accessed by an adversary like the Chinese. Its TikTok who made it about editorial discretion and free speech. They failed with that argument. And I agree with that.

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