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There is something I don't understand about the legal/political (theatrical?) wrangling surrounding TikTok: Can't they just sanction the parent company if they

There is something I don't understand about the legal/political (theatrical?) wrangling surrounding TikTok: Can't they just sanction the parent company if they want to kill it that badly? Control of the sanctioned entities list is under the executive branch, so all they have to do is place Bytedance on that list; no CDN in the country or App Store is allowed to do business with them, TikTok is gone overnight. The website would probably be accessible and there is always the sideloading gambit but it would perform like crap. What am I missing?

supriyo-biswas 4y ago
Unlike the Huawei and ZTE sanctions, I believe they do not have strong evidence or reasoning for Bytedance, which is why all that politicians can do is being angry at Tiktok for their addictive algorithm and their China-based ownership, and realistically only the latter because "addictive algorithms" are everywhere, including FB.