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TikTok sues the US government over ban (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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TikTok is taking the US government to court.

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah my apologies I thought you meant TikTok when you said "They’re trying to sell a product." It's a pretty common defence and misdirection on these sort of posts.

If you don't trust Internet 2.0 is telling the truth, then how exactly have they evaded defamation lawsuits? Telling lies that negatively impact ByteDance's operations would be grounds for a lawsuit in all 3 of these countries.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because launching a defamation suit is a PR disaster for them right now. Just look at you breathlessly repeating unproven accusations from years ago. They hardly need to blow up new ones.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
  1. Allowing yourself to be defamed is a PR Disaster. Suing the US Federal Government is a PR Disaster.
  2. They could have done it years ago when it hit headlines around the world, too.
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well one of those is required if they want to stay in business and the other one hasn't had much bearing on their US business. So I think it's pretty self explanatory.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's not. Reports of you being a threat to national security seems to have a lot of bearing when lawmakers are banning you.