TikTok is taking the US government to court.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago
    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.
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      6 months ago

      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.

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        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.