[pierrem15]

It's not clear the national security concerns legitimizing the TikTok shutdown because it's a foreign social media app vacuuming personal information and working hand in glove with a hostile foreign power's intelligence services really apply to Free Republic. Especially since FR is not a social media app.

Unless, of course, there's something JR is not telling us. /s

[Openurmind]

“Especially since FR is not a social media app.”

The bill applies to more than “social media apps”.

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(2) COVERED COMPANY.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term “covered company” means an entity that operates, directly or indirectly (including through a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a >website<, >desktop application<, >mobile application<, or augmented or >immersive technology application<.

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“Desktop Application” is a local communication, Instant Messenger, or Chat client installed in your computer or phone like Signal or Telegram.

“augmented or immersive technology application” means Virtual Reality game platforms.

It casts a huge net that does indeed include websites like the FR.