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If the president can't compel Apple/Google to install backdoors, he can't compel them to remove TikTok.
by Drew_ 6y ago
If the president can't compel Apple/Google to install backdoors, he can't compel them to remove TikTok.
- kanox 6y agoBut would Apple and Google actually resist a TikTok ban? It wouldn't be surprising to see them ban TikTok voluntarily and receive positive press coverage.
- elpool2 6y agoHe could have the commerce department put TikTok on the Entity List, which would prohibit all US companies from doing business with them. It would be unprecedented though because putting a company on the Entity List is almost always tied to some actual criminal activity like trade violations or espionage (see HuaWei). So there is away for him to do it, but TikTok could challenge it legally.
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