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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -3 points 6 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.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -2 points 6 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.