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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by ajross on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @10:28PM (#40152651)
As people are pointing out, no. This isn't a blanket law, it requires per-case executive action to enforce.

What the law absolutely does do is make "Chinese Ownership" an existential risk to companies with software products with large numbers of US users. Riot, Epic et. al. will be strongly incentivised to get their PRC shareholders to divest, and in the future other companies will be disincentivized from accepting that kind of investment.

And surely that's intentional.

Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by xvector on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:36AM (#40154975)
> it requires per-case executive action

Abuse of power in a nutshell.