alt Hacker NewsBy the given reasoning every official at the EU wonders why they ever allowed Google, Facebook or Twitter to exist.
This is balkanization.
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Officials at the EU should first wonder why there is no European equivalent of Google, or Facebook, or Twitter, or Tiktok (the list could continue forever).
Even if it where, such a company would not find the same obstacles in entering the American market as in would in China.
My representatives represent me, my country, its citizens and its government. They specifically do NOT represent foreign entities.
Maybe they'll cite this ruling as part of a reconsideration?
An EU controlled app would be allowed in the US as none of them are foreign adversaries.
Yup I'd be ok with banning TikTok because all of the US web services that are banned China, but this makes it seem like every country should have their own everything
Exactly, Americans want to voice their opinions whenever a foreign country considers banning or regulating an American social media platform. It's a clear double standard. The U.S. government banning foreign companies is fine, but when a foreign country bans an American company, it’s called censorship or something like that?
They have been wondering about that for many years quite explicitly.