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by derektank 519 days ago
The text of the bill explicitly holds app marketplaces liable for civil penalties if they distribute "foreign adversary controlled applications". So my guess is that Apple and Google are both opting to prevent distribution, even if ByteDance is willing to delist TikTok itself

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521...

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>"The text of the bill explicitly holds app marketplaces liable for civil penalties if they distribute "foreign adversary controlled applications"."

Spirit of the script seems to be stolen straight from the former USSR