In addition to what dragonwriter said about the Chinese government being subject to and having the protection of US laws under specific situations:
> This is not violating the first amendment rights of TikTok. This is just asking Bytedance/CCP to divest from TikTok.
As an aside; did you know that foreign companies can own or otherwise have a controlling interest in US defense contractors that do Top Secret / SCI work for the DoD and other US military customers? It's true!
Anyway. China is currently subject to a very limited trade embargo. It is otherwise a country that has "permanent normal trade relations" with the US.
Please cite previous Federal precedent that permits FedGov to force countries that we have PNTR with to relinquish their controlling interest in US companies that provide data transfer services [0], or provide publishing services, or operate a newspaper, television or radio station. Make sure to link to actual, official communications, rather than some blogger writing about how the world SHOULD be.
> If CCP wants American first amendment protections for itself, it should also be subject to all other US laws then.
You're conflating the Chinese government and TikTok.
[0] Huawei provides hardware for companies providing data transfer services; the distinction is important.
> This is not violating the first amendment rights of TikTok. This is just asking Bytedance/CCP to divest from TikTok.
As an aside; did you know that foreign companies can own or otherwise have a controlling interest in US defense contractors that do Top Secret / SCI work for the DoD and other US military customers? It's true!
Anyway. China is currently subject to a very limited trade embargo. It is otherwise a country that has "permanent normal trade relations" with the US.
Please cite previous Federal precedent that permits FedGov to force countries that we have PNTR with to relinquish their controlling interest in US companies that provide data transfer services [0], or provide publishing services, or operate a newspaper, television or radio station. Make sure to link to actual, official communications, rather than some blogger writing about how the world SHOULD be.
> If CCP wants American first amendment protections for itself, it should also be subject to all other US laws then.
You're conflating the Chinese government and TikTok.
[0] Huawei provides hardware for companies providing data transfer services; the distinction is important.