HeavenAndEarth [she/her] to the_dunk_tank • 2 months agoU.S. Senator just straight up revealed the real reason they are banning TikTokimagemessage-square39 fedilinkarrow-up1255file-text
arrow-up1255imageU.S. Senator just straight up revealed the real reason they are banning TikTokHeavenAndEarth [she/her] to the_dunk_tank • 2 months agomessage-square39 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePKMKII [none/use name]hexbear18·2 months agoHonestly it would be 12x funnier if Bytedance got the WTO to declare this in violation of the charter and threatened to enforce the relevant punishments on the US if it doesn’t acquiesce. link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear24·2 months agoWTO has no enforcement mechanism because the US has refused to appoint more judges or some shit link
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]hexbear18·2 months agoWTO is one of the tools of the Western hegemony, it will never do this. link
minus-squarePKMKII [none/use name]hexbear9·2 months agoProbably not. But if it came to that at least it would further undermine the illusion of “the international rules-based order” link
Honestly it would be 12x funnier if Bytedance got the WTO to declare this in violation of the charter and threatened to enforce the relevant punishments on the US if it doesn’t acquiesce.
WTO has no enforcement mechanism because the US has refused to appoint more judges or some shit
WTO is one of the tools of the Western hegemony, it will never do this.
Probably not. But if it came to that at least it would further undermine the illusion of “the international rules-based order”