After Biden signs TikTok ban into law, ByteDance says it won't sell the social media service

8 (3) FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLI- 9 CATION.—The term ‘‘foreign adversary controlled 10 application’’ means a website, desktop application, 11 mobile application, or augmented or immersive tech- 12 nology application that is operated, directly or indi- 13 rectly (including through a parent company, sub- 14 sidiary, or affiliate), by— 15 (A) any of— 16 (i) ByteDance, Ltd.; 17 (ii) TikTok; 18 (iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to 19 an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that 20 is controlled by a foreign adversary; or 21 (iv) an entity owned or controlled, di- 22 rectly or indirectly, by an entity identified 23 in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or 24 (B) a covered company that—1 (i) is controlled by a foreign adver- 2 sary; and 3 (ii) that is determined by the Presi- 4 dent to present a significant threat to the 5 national security of the United States fol- 6 lowing the issuance of— 7 (I) a public notice proposing such 8 determination; and 9 (II) a public report to Congress, 10 submitted not less than 30 days be- 11 fore such determination, describing 12 the specific national security concern 13 involved and containing a classified 14 annex and a description of what as- 15 sets would need to be divested to exe- 16 cute a qualified divestiture.

All the President has to do is to notify Congress on an entity that he deems as a "significant threat" to the security of the United States.

So Joe Biden can do anything he wants. He'll use this to shut down his opponents.

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