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zaro on Aug 3, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's U...

> In the case of China, Bytedance can absolutely refuse to sell Tik Tok, it'll just get banned from operating in the United States.

How is that not extortion ?

moreorless on Aug 3, 2020 [–]

It is. Plain and simple.

edit: spelling

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