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Why can't they divest the app/brand/whatever and license the algorithm to the buyer?


  license the algorithm to the buyer
can't. algorithm is expressly contemplated by the language of the law:

  (6) QUALIFIED DIVESTITURE.—The term “qualified divestiture” means a divestiture or similar transaction that—

      (A) the President determines, through an interagency process, would result in the relevant foreign adversary controlled application no longer being controlled by a foreign adversary; and

      (B) the President determines, through an interagency process, precludes the establishment or maintenance of any operational relationship between the United States operations of the relevant foreign adversary controlled application and any formerly affiliated entities that are controlled by a foreign adversary, INCLUDING ANY COOPERATION WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION OF A CONTENT RECOMMENDATION ALGORITHM or an agreement with respect to data sharing.
(emphasis added.)

source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815/...


Then the thing that confuses me is what other companies are affected by this bill?

It seems like it's worded to specifically target TikTok?


Yes, that’s correct. That’s not particularly unusual, the US did the same thing to Grindr.


i've quoted that language here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40199825


Well, that's pretty clear.




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