Tik Tok- Has the Federal Gov Ever Forced ISP's to Block a Website?

hnpolicestate 1y ago ↗

I'm kinda shocked by all this. I'm aware of states forcing ISP's to block connecting to websites. NYS blocked a crypto site I used and i believe some states block access to pornographic websites.

This nyt article states the law passed by Congress will force ISP 's to block Americans from accessing Tik Toks website. This must be unprecedented?

Using this legal precedent, will the U.S begin asking ISP's to block Americans from accessing other websites?

JumpCrisscross 1y ago ↗

> This nyt article states the law passed by Congress will force ISP 's to block Americans from accessing Tik Toks website

No, it doesn't. It says "the law applies to internet hosting companies." Not ISPs.

hnpolicestate 1y ago ↗

Okay. I stand corrected. So no US company can host tik Tok. I wonder what happens if a foreign country hosts tik tok

JSTrading 1y ago ↗

Loads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_th...

hnpolicestate 1y ago ↗

I'm american. That's U.K. We don't have a history of the US federal gov blocking websites. As far as I know.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago ↗

"...please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

hnpolicestate 1y ago ↗

I didn't mean to do that. I wanted to cite my source for saying the U.S would block access to Tik Toks website.

I'm going to remove the URL and put url source as comment.

Tik Tok- Has the Federal Gov Ever Forced ISP's to Block a Website? (nytimes.com)

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