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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You realize the ticket is actually a court date right? Most people just choose to plead guilty and pay the fine.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That is literally analogous to an FTC fine in every way.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a fine. And there's no requirement to file charges in court and prove data is being mishandled.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

If we're being semantic this isn't an anything because the only thing it says is that the FTC can do FTC things to any company that sends data to an adversarial nation.