Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

It does not force US ownership. Read the bill.


You're right, it's "US ownership or get banned".

Not just tiktok either, this will wind up applying to many companies.


> US ownership or get banned

Wrong. Read it again very carefully.


I've read the complete bill at every stage of it's development.

It places substantial fines on American companies who provide services that distribute, maintain or update any sufficiently popular apps where a company is headquartered in, or has more than a 20% ownership share of the company held, in a country that has been determined to be a foreign adversary.

So sure, it's not "banned', it's just that they're made completely inaccessible to US users because nobody is going to be ok with paying substantial fines in order to allow it on their networks/servers/app stores.

You do realize that, in english, we often use shortcuts to refer to things right? If something is "effectively" a ban, we just call it a ban and move on, because our language provides many, many facilities to improve efficiency. You being pedantic is, remarkably, unpleasant, and speaks poorly of your overall level of social adjustment, specifically because you are using the very language you speak incorrectly as you do so.


You said it required US ownership. It does not, it requires ownership by a non-foreign-adversary, which is every country in the world except 6. I’m being pedantic because the law is pedantic, and I am tired of people catastrophizing over a law they have not understood and that is similar to laws that have been in place for almost a hundred years (radio/tv stations, airlines).


There aren't 6 listed countries in the bill are there? Not sure if I'm misreading. Seems like it links to another code for the countries (source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815/...) which lists four countries, of which China is one (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/4872)


Oops, you’re right, I misremembered.


I find it hard to believe you actually read the bill multiple times when you misstate a key aspect of it.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: