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Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by marcosdumay on Monday October 09, 2023 @01:53PM (#37823170)
If there are no clear rules, no, it's not legal (by definition, "law" is a set of clear rules).

If you decide that "no Chinese social network is allowed", you can create a law for that. But the TikTok ban is not like this.

Re:Lawmakers shift gears on TikTok ban by stale2002 on Monday October 09, 2023 @02:08PM (#37823319)
If you care, you can find the clear rules here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRICT_Act

Impact to the country's critical infrastructure and digital economy,

"Sabotage or subversion" of ICTS in the United States

Interference and manipulation of federal elections

Undermining the democratic process to "steer policy and regulatory decisions in favor of the strategic objectives of a foreign adversary to the detriment of the national security of the United States".