return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down124cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-220 hours agoJust as I finally see Chinese culture gaining more global cultural relevance— and it had to be in order to bypass a ban of an intrusive app.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoGotta rise up to that Firefly/Serenity lore.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·15 hours agothe app wasn’t banned, the company refused to split American operations off.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·14 hours ago… And because they refused, is now banned. So, yes it was.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·12 hours agono, they were given the option. split into two companies close down operations in the US that’s pretty cut a dry they chose to end operations in the US. The US didn’t ban them.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-29 hours agoso when other companies that refuse to adhere to labor laws in the US move their factories to other countries, are they banned?
Just as I finally see Chinese culture gaining more global cultural relevance— and it had to be in order to bypass a ban of an intrusive app.
Gotta rise up to that Firefly/Serenity lore.
the app wasn’t banned, the company refused to split American operations off.
… And because they refused, is now banned.
So, yes it was.
no, they were given the option.
that’s pretty cut a dry they chose to end operations in the US. The US didn’t ban them.
☝️🤓 Well, actually…
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so when other companies that refuse to adhere to labor laws in the US move their factories to other countries, are they banned?
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