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The bill doesn't cover all apps owned by a foreign adversary. It has to be specifically TikTok or any other eligible app the US president has chosen to target.
by frollogaston 2y ago
The bill doesn't cover all apps owned by a foreign adversary. It has to be specifically TikTok or any other eligible app the US president has chosen to target. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text#HB5568894B1D94B058BC0D19DB8093F39 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521...
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> bill doesn't cover all apps owned by a foreign adversary. It has to be specifically TikTok or any other eligible app The law (not bill) requires an interagency process for identifying further targets. It starts with TikTok. It does so because of TikTok’s ownership. Not speech. I say this as someone who worked on and whipped for the bill.
- frollogaston 2y agoThe bill doesn't say anything about speech, but that was the reason it became law. Singling out TikTok made it convenient.