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Anyone have info on whose regulatory restrictions they are referring to?

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• rangestransform 2mo ago
  China prevented the founders from leaving the country
  • moralestapia 2mo ago
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  • minraws 2mo ago
    I think they were talking about the part, > As part of our transition back to independent operations and to comply with regulatory requirements in specific jurisdictions, data generated by certain users on/after December 29, 2025, will be deleted from 8:00 a.m. on August 23 through August 24, 2026 (SGT). Affected users will be able to back up their data from now until 7:59 a.m. on August 23, 2026 (SGT) and restore it starting from 8:00 a.m. on August 25, 2026 (SGT).
• minraws 2mo ago
  I would guess EU? Technically a bunch of countries don't allow data to be with Manus aka Chinese cloud services. For instance, India has quite literally banned Alibaba Cloud and related.
  • makeavish 2mo ago
    No it’s Chinese state who is preventing founders from leaving China https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/12/meta-reportedly-begins-dismantling-2-billion-manus-deal-on-beijings-orders.html https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/12/meta-reportedly-begins-d...
    • tancop 2mo ago
      just to be clear, they did this to make sure they follow the governments order instead of running away to Singapore and going on with the acquisition. they will most likely get released when the unwinding process is complete. its not a general national security thing where AI founders cant leave the country.
      • TheGamerUncle 2mo ago
        This is an awfully naive view of the Chinese government, they are clearly not stupid and after seeing what Meta did with thing with Outlier it is clear they will not let the founders out of their grip for quite a while
      • gloryjulio 2mo ago
        It actually is. For example, Deepseek higher ups already had similar implications in the Chinese underground news. CCP has great control over the corporations.
  • loeg 2mo ago
    Why guess? This is trivially Googleable information.
    • hluska 2mo ago
      Then google it and post it. This is useless.
• kristianc 2mo ago
  Almost certainly Chinese national-security and technology-transfer restrictions around strategic AI tech. China’s NDRC formally prohibited the acquisition and ordered the transaction unwound.
  • nsonha 2mo ago
    What is "strategic AI" in Manus? Not like they make models.
    • kristianc 2mo ago
      Sure, but I'm sure China isn't keen for people to get the idea that there's a playbook for every ambitious Chinese founder on how to move Chinese-developed IP and talent outside Beijing’s control.
• galaxy_quest 2mo ago
  The Chinese government blocked Meta’s acquisition. https://archive.is/yFCIt https://archive.is/yFCIt
  • fmajid 2mo ago
    The Chinese government may not be a bastion of the rule of law, but they at least seem to still have a functioning antitrust enforcement.
    • loeg 2mo ago
      This had nothing to do with antitrust.
      • AndrewKemendo 2mo ago
        What does it have to do with?
        • nutjob2 2mo ago
          Stopping Chinese nationals from freeing assets and funds from the grip of the Chinese government.
        • MaxPock 2mo ago
          It stops Singapore washing.
  • fg137 2mo ago
    Interesting to know that Meta has business in China and needs the government's approval.
    • United857 2mo ago
      About 10% of Meta's ad revenue comes from Chinese companies reaching a international audience. They also manufacture most of their wearable devices in China.