https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text The New RESTRICT Act needs all of our attention
Shut This Bill Down NOW!
EFF finally decides to weigh in after much delay. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-restrict-act-and-pass-real-privacy-legis... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/broad-vague-restrict-act-dangerous-sub... https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-restrict-act-is-a-death-knell-... https://www.coincenter.org/the-restrict-act-creates-blanket-authority-with-f... https://cointelegraph.com/news/anti-tiktok-restrict-act-could-be-turned-agai... http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:5195c%20edition:p...) " EFF: Stop the RESTRICT Act and Pass Real Privacy Legislation Under the guise of curbing data collection by foreign governments, the RESTRICT Act (Senate Bill 686) would set the stage for a restriction on the use of TikTok, but not do nearly enough to truly protect our private information. Due to undefined mitigation measures coupled with a vague enforcement provision, the bill could also criminalize common practices like using a VPN or side-loading to install a prohibited app. There are legitimate data privacy concerns about social media platforms, but this bill is a distraction from real progress on privacy. Tell Congress to stop giving more power to the Administration under the guise of undefined and unspecified “national security threats” and instead to focus on comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation that will have a real impact. Our data must be protected no matter what platform it’s on—TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, or anywhere else that’s profiting from our private information. This would also limit the availability of this data to foreign adversaries. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect The Brussels effect is the process of unilateral regulatory globalisation caused by the European Union de facto (but not necessarily de jure) externalising its laws outside its borders through market mechanisms. Through the Brussels effect, regulated entities, especially corporations, end up complying with EU laws even outside the EU for a variety of reasons. " If this shit passes were fucked. Why do people vote for big government politicians? Whats crazy is you cant even blame one side for this one. This is a bi-partisan bill by long standing members of congress. Meaning they specialize in fuckery and know how to serve it on a plate with cherries, knowing its a pile of dog shit! What these scumbags are doing should be exposed in all ways possible. It can't go unnoticed. People need to rebel against this stupidity, otherwise this will end up paving the way for some creepy social credit system. That is 100% the way this is going, and it is very very intentional. It's actually very obvious when you stand back and look at all the legislation that the power apparatus is and has been pushing. Lately though it's like they aren't even hiding it. And as much as people hate private gun ownership, these pathetic bastards in power don't want to ban them to keep everyday people safe, they want to ban them to keep THEMSELVES safe. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing all this other simultaneous and parallel legislation. "