Senate Bill 686: The Patriot Act For the Internet?

What did you expect really? Now that the government got caught censoring the public's right to free speech through social media. So now they want to take control of censoring , and stomp all over the public's right to free speech, if you don't say or echo what they want.

Read it here (PDF):
S686
https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s686/BILLS-118s686is.pdf
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The TikTok Ban Is Starting To Look A Lot Like Gen Z's Patriot Act
Watching TikTok vids with a VPN? That's 20 years minimum.
March 30, 2023
https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/the-tiktok-ban-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-like-gen-zs-patriot-act/

Ultimately the problem is not with the idea of banning TikTok. The problem comes in with all of the other powers that this bill gives the government. Senate bill 686 is formally known as the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology” (RESTRICT) act. The act gives the government ridiculously wide-reaching powers with little oversight. This allows the government to control and censor information and imposes heavy penalties on people that attempt to avoid these powers.
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Greg Price
@greg_price11
Mar 28
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1640722365809147905

The bill to ban TikTok is absolutely terrifying. It gives the government the ability to go after anyone they deem as a national security risk at which point they can access everything from their computer to video games to their ring light.

This is a Patriot Act for the internet.
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