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No, it does not at all require ByteDance to suspend service.

It requires Apple and Google to stop distributing the app on their app stores, and it requires any US-based hosting providers that host TikTok services to stop providing those services.

ByteDance could shut down any US-hosted services and serve from outside the US, and be entirely compliant with the law. The TikTok mobile app might become out of date and stop working (for people who already had it installed on their phones), but www.tiktok.com would continue to work just fine.




>and it requires any US-based hosting providers that host TikTok services to stop providing those services.

And they were forced to use those hosting providers (oracle) by the US. It's not like investing loads to bring all the data over to singapore or so would serve them well either. They'd still lose the US business relatively quickly and with lower chances of turning things around like they might've. Why bother?


What do you mean, "no"? You agreed with me.

The option you describe is another among the several options available.

Unless you're saying that the service shutdown would not have brought Bytedance into legal compliance, which would be a novel assertion.




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