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TikTok sues U.S. government, saying potential ban violates First Amendment (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

Yeah I don't think ByteDance has a legal ground here.

Also this coming from a Chinese company, is rich.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 29 points 6 months ago (11 children)

I'm 100% not an expert on this, I'm actually stupid, so know that before you read what I write.

As much as I get what you are saying, the United States has continually expanded the rights of corporations to essentially be.. people. So on that they seem to have some legal standing? But then we factor in national security interests, and those override everything.

Without the national security interests I'd be curious which way this would go, but I don't expect, "I deserve to spy on your citizens because I have free speech," to fly..

So in a way I agree with you and in other ways I disagree with you, in the end.. I said nothing, but I did say I am stupid at the top, so really it's your fault for continuing to read this far.

At the very least it's gonna be interesting. I doubt it will spark any introspection for politicians to think, "Hm, maybe we shouldn't have given corporations more rights than people.." Nope. Poison the waters. Contaminate the soil. Torture the animals. Burn the sky. Cook all of humanity.

But hey, line go up.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

then again, theres that thing, you cant sue the us government without their explicit consent.

They can literally say "lol no"

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity_in_the_United_States

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