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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The law that they are trying to pass... they are not wrong either.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

H.R.815 Sections H and I have already passed, and there is no "sales agreement" because TikTok hasn't officially negotiated with any potential buyers. The US Government as a whole doesn't want or need TikTok, they just don't want China using it as a weapon.