Title asks it all. “Banning” TikTok – is that at all possible? I understand they can make it hard for folks to get the TikTok app by coercing companies to remove the app from the app stores, but that’s simply a minor inconvenience I would think – I can’t imagine anything can be removed from the internet, access prohibited, etc. What am I missing here?
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There is part of the bill that will fine $5000 per USER to any entity that let’s you download (maintaining the app) so App stores/US websites are gonna axe it most likely.
“(A) FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATION VIOLATIONS.—An entity that vio25 lates subsection (a) shall be subject to pay a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the amount that results from multiplying $5,000 by the number of users within the land or mari4 time borders of the United States determined to have accessed, maintained, or updated a foreign adversary controlled application as a result of such violation.”
Some offshore sites might illegally host it similar to illegal streaming sites but it’s going to hugely curb the population of users when an update patch hits your phone. Accessibility is a huge reason TikTok is popular.
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