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From: John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.misc,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics,alt.censorship
Subject: Re: TikTok Will Shut Down Rather Than Sell to U.S. Investors If Ban Not Overturned in Courts
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:28:47 -0000 (UTC)
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In comp.misc D. Ray <d@ray> wrote:
> Reuters reported on Thursday that TikTok owner ByteDance "would prefer
> company to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the
> Chinese exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the
> platform from app stores in the US." 

<snip>

Normally I would be against this forced sale, but since
China severely restricts and even bans many/all? US based
Social Media Sites, I am all for this forced sale.  I am
hoping the many law suits are tossed out of the Courts.

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