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0 pointspjc501y ago0 comments

> the laws in China prevent a sale

First I've heard of this.

The conflicting legal obligations remind me of the Microsoft "safe harbour" case, which is becoming a lot more relevant and still isn't really adequately resolved.

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adastra221y ago· 2 in thread

They’re confusing the US TikTok subsidiary with ByteDance parent organization. They were only required to sell the subsidiary.

Ironically this would be enforcing the very same law that exists in China, where all companies have to be majority Chinese owned.

rfoo1y ago

I believe the law mentioned here isn't focused on which organization it is. The law itself basically said you can't export recommendation algorithm. Yes, in the very similar wording as in "you can't export certain GPU chips".

adastra221y ago

Which is fine. The whole point of the divestment was to NOT use the CCP-controlled recommendation algorithm.

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