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      1 day ago

      TikTok app merely being operational in the US is not presence. Implying that would be as ridiculous as giving a country jurisdiction over you becaues you sent a letter there.

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        It absolutely is presence. Otherwise the Brazilians couldn’t deal with X either. This is far more than sending a letter. And pretending we have no jurisdiction over companies operating in our country is ridiculous.

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          13 hours ago

          Any real arguments for falling under jurisdiction for sending network packets? Does it have to be a company, or do you also have to abide by jurisdiction of the country I’m in? My server is in? Your server is in?

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            11 hours ago

            This isn’t a joke. This is pretty settled law. If you’re offering services in a country you must abide by their laws.

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              This is purely your fantasy and nothing more. Not only websites send data to countries their operators never heard of, physical goods get shipped overseas to countries senders never heard of with zero randomland lawabidery happening. Actual deranged countries like mine are fucking furious about it, writing laws that would’ve forced companies to open regional departments so that they have something to grab by the balls. Since said laws have zero jurisdiction on said companies, the most the country can do about it is cry and block the traffic.

              Google was a notable exception, opening a department to manage Google cache servers physically scattered around the country. Google has since left. Google has then been fined for several undecillion dollars, a number exceeding world GDP. Google, of course, doesn’t give a flying fuck.

              So, don’t be as pathetic as my country. If you aren’t under X country jurisdiction, no amount of “pretty settled laws” apply to you, so you don’t have to abide by anything X wishes, claims or misleads you about. Sending virtual data or physical goods there doesn’t count either.