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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-wechat/ tldr Trump has signed an executive order that prohibits transactions with TikTok and WeChat parent companies Bytedance and Tencent, effective in 45 days - the same Tencent that owns like every online game.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 03:50 |
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# ? May 8, 2024 05:44 |
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Lmao but also this will be legally tied up until after the election
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 03:53 |
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Tencent owns part of Epic Games. Trump has banned Fortnite. I'm gonna vote for him now.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 03:54 |
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Lol finally we can all be free of videogames forever. Lol RIP half the games industry. Also, pretty loving funny how the US immediately shits the bed and bans you when you outperform it in capitalism lol, free market my rear end.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 03:55 |
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some idiot posted:The following actions shall be prohibited beginning 45 days after the date of this order, to the extent permitted under applicable law: any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with Tencent Holdings Ltd. Trump did not, in fact, just ban Tencent.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 03:56 |
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K8.0 posted:Tencent owns part of Epic Games. Trump has banned Fortnite. This is really in the national interest.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 03:57 |
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Trump did not, in fact, just ban Tencent. Some influential people seem to think that the order does, legal word-salad aside. https://twitter.com/slasher/status/1291552038455775233?s=21 The key part people are interpreting differently than you is the "or with respect to any property" part from that quote. Also, you left out the last part: quote:with Tencent Holdings Ltd. (a.k.a. Téngxùn Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī), Shenzhen, China, or any subsidiary of that entity Gay Rumsfeld fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Aug 7, 2020 |
# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:00 |
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Epic is not a subsidiary of Tencent.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:05 |
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:Trump did not, in fact, just ban Tencent. Edit: Whoops, was reading the wrong EO. Didn't realize he had signed two of them. Tombstone fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Aug 7, 2020 |
# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:07 |
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Pigbuster posted:Epic is not a subsidiary of Tencent. I believe Tencent owns approximately 40% so it seems a bit up in the air if it applies to them or not.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:08 |
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Don't play any tencent games so I'm good
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:13 |
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Once they toss him some cash he'll probably back off, it's what Trumps knows to do.
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:13 |
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you know what, I am fine with people thinking trump just banned video games
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 04:18 |
https://twitter.com/DakDread/status/1291557186452295686 e: https://twitter.com/SamAugustDean/status/1291576813685108736
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 05:00 |
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# ? May 8, 2024 05:44 |
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wrap it up, shows over
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# ? Aug 7, 2020 05:15 |