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Our Constitution also says, "The Congress shall have Power [...] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations." Forcing a sale of TikTok so it's not foreign (with
by Kerrick 3y ago
Our Constitution also says, "The Congress shall have Power [...] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations."
Forcing a sale of TikTok so it's not foreign (with a punishment of banning if they don't), especially while making no such law for U.S. controlled competitors, is no more an infringement upon free speech than introducing a tariff or trade restriction on German-manufactured printing presses while leaving domestic models untouched.
- victorbjorklund 3y agoWhat if EU forced american companies to sell off their stuff to european companies? It isnt that easy.
- orangecat 3y agoWhat if EU forced american companies to sell off their stuff to european companies? That would likely be unwise, but it would be a legitimate use of authority.
- maxwell 3y agoThat would be great! Do Apple first.
- larrik 3y agoThis actually isn't too far fetched with the data privacy laws in the EU. It's not an explicit directive, though.
- eppp 3y agoWhat is the difference in making the terms of operation impossible or forcing a sale really at the end of the day? Why doesnt google or meta operate in China?
- IncreasePosts 3y agoThen American companies would need to consider whether they wanted to pull out of the market, or spin off a European version of the company.
- throwuwu 3y agoIf they passed a law requiring US companies operating in Europe to divest their ownership in those subsidiaries or be banned from operating there then that would be their right as a government. Isn’t the EU rather famous at the moment for forcing foreign businesses to comply with their laws and regulations? e.g. GDPR
- hughesjj 3y agoAnd thank God for the EU doing such as well That said, so long as you don't have data centers in the country, what can they realistically do to stop you if you have a VPN? There's nothing illegal w.r.t a private citizen trying to circumvent censorship afaik. If you're trying to use illegal content or services (hitmen, drugs, child porn, non us compliant crypto such as finance etc), then I can see the retribution, but unless you go full middle east/CCP people will still get access to and repost it
- ribosometronome 3y agoOr China! China has definitely prohibited American companies from reasonably operating in the US. Reciprocity there makes sense but it does seem that this sort of reciprocity is going further than China had, no?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoEU is doing similar with anti-trust rules and rulings. It is their right to regulate commerce in their jurisdiction, even if that means fining Apple based on world revenue/profits rather than EU revenue/profits.