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I don't think so? Reading the bill, it specifically allows the executive to disallow 'covered transactions' and defines the prohibited activity in terms of thos
by calgarymicro 4y ago
I don't think so? Reading the bill, it specifically allows the executive to disallow 'covered transactions' and defines the prohibited activity in terms of those transactions, so even if they designated SciHub as a national security threat an academic would have to aid SciHub in carrying out transactions in order to be subject to penalties.
- YeBanKo 4y agoThen I don’t understand, how it will prevent TikTok. Here is a def of transaction from the bill: (17) TRANSACTION.—The term “transaction” means any acquisition, importation, transfer, installation, dealing in, or use of any information and communications technology product or service, including ongoing activities such as managed services, data transmission, software updates, repairs, or the provision of data hosting services, or a class of such transactions. Does it mean you can’t install an app developed by an adversary and App Store can be liable for letting you do this?
- calgarymicro 4y agoIt will destroy TikTok, the company owned by ByteDance, which would achieve the same effect. Given how unprecedented it would be for the US to try to set up its own 'great firewall', I imagine they view hitting the corporate entity as the easier path. In any case, in order to put TikTok on the App Store, they have to pay to join the Apple Developer program; Apple would be prohibited from taking the money if TikTok was designated a national security threat. The same might even go for facilitating the installation of TikTok via the App Store.