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mplanchardyesterday at 4:34 PM2 repliesview on HN

You could have read either the law or the decision, linked in the comments here, to get the answer to this question.

From the decision:

> Second, the Act establishes a general designa-

> tion framework for any application that is both (1) operated

> by a “covered company” that is “controlled by a foreign ad-

> versary,” and (2) “determined by the President to present a

> significant threat to the national security of the United

> States,” following a public notice and reporting process.

> §2(g)(3)(B). In broad terms, the Act defines “covered com-

> pany” to include a company that operates an application

> that enables users to generate, share, and view content and

> has more than 1,000,000 monthly active users. §2(g)(2)(A).

> The Act excludes from that definition a company that oper-

> ates an application “whose primary purpose is to allow us-

> ers to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel in-

> formation and reviews.” §2(g)(2)(B).


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65yesterday at 4:52 PM

This still doesn't really directly answer the question in plain English.

So would that mean Red Note would get banned as well?

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RobKohryesterday at 6:24 PM

By this reading, and since Trump is sworn in on the 20th, it is really up to his discretion as to whether the tiktok ban remains.

He probably should let it stand for a day or two, and then drop an executive order to make it not banned and thus be a hero to all those who use it.

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