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yding on Dec 6, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website

Yes. ByteDance does business in Europe and therefore is subject to EU law.

JumpCrisscross on Dec 6, 2019 [–]

> ByteDance does business in Europe and therefore is subject to EU law

Legally, yes. Practically, I’m not sure the EU could block a major Chinese app from its market for fear of retaliation.

yding on Dec 6, 2019 | | [–]

India banned TikTok for a few months: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/tech/tiktok-ban-india-users/i...

sudosysgen on Dec 7, 2019 | | [–]

They just have to give it a massive fine. Then they can block it for failure to pay.

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