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What law is that exactly?

"Protecting Americans’ Data From Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024"

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7520...

https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr7520/BILLS-118hr7520eh....

One could argue, and I think with a strong case that if this law applies to TikTok, it would also apply to Twitter (Saudi investment) and Snapchat (also Saudi investment).

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Saudi Arabia is not on the list. It's Russia, Iran, North Korea, China.

> (4) FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY.—The term "foreign adversary country" means a country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code.

As written there are several problems with your theory: A) The bill is about transfer of user information, not investment in a company. B) Saudi Arabia owns a small, non controlling interest in Twitter/x C) Saudi Arabia is not on the list of foreign adversary countries

So you’d have a hard time making that ‘strong’ argument.

Unstated, I implied that Saudi Arabia should be on the list. That maybe the list should be behavioral instead of statutory.

SA has lead directly and indirectly to the loss of more American lives than any of those countries.

9/11 was perpetrated by mostly Saudis. Sum the knock on deaths as you will.

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45812399

We are trying to get away from Saudi influence and control so much that we look the other way while we pump poison into our water. So much so that the Simpson's even have an episode devoted to it where Marge exclaims, "the water is on fire!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ29JFoVqCE

Maybe the list should be behavior based?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has provisions explicitly excluding protections for Communist organizations.

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