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No, the law doesn't give a users threshold: it names ByteDance and TikTok specifically, and provides a mechanism for the President to add new companies controlled by a "foreign adversary country" to the list. So anything at all by ByteDance is banned, but RedNote is owned by a different company that would have to be targeted separately under this law.

https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr7521/BILLS-118hr7521rfs...

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> No, the law doesn't give a users threshold

It does have a threshold:

> (ii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly active users with respect to at least 2 of the 3 months preceding the date on which a relevant determination of the President is made pursuant to paragraph (3)(B);

So if it stays unpopular, it's protected from this law.

> but RedNote is owned by a different company that would have to be targeted separately under this law.

I think that's a foregone conclusion if it actually gets popular with Americans.

Ah, you're right—it's not a threshold that automatically kicks in at a certain number of users, but the president can't add one to the list until they reach that threshold. Thanks for clarifying.

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