Should the RESTRICT Act pass?

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Absolutely not.

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of course our sitting Elderly In Chief has a boner to sign it

We applaud the bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Warner and Thune, who today introduced the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act. This legislation would empower the United States government to prevent certain foreign governments from exploiting technology services operating in the United States in a way that poses risks to Americans’ sensitive data and our national security.
 
The information and communications technology products and services supply chain is integral to the lives of Americans and the functioning of U.S. businesses. This bill presents a systematic framework for addressing technology-based threats to the security and safety of Americans. This legislation would provide the U.S. government with new mechanisms to mitigate the national security risks posed by high-risk technology businesses operating in the United States. Critically, it would strengthen our ability to address discrete risks posed by individual transactions, and systemic risks posed by certain classes of transactions involving countries of concern in sensitive technology sectors. This will help us address the threats we face today, and also prevent such risks from arising in the future.
 
We look forward to continue working with both Democrats and Republicans on this bill, and urge Congress to act quickly to send it to the President’s desk.

If he signs this act, I will not be voting in 2024 or I may protest vote a 3rd party. I don’t even care about his opponent anymore, there has to be some standard. This is genuinely pacing the way for a downright GOP-communist regime, and I that was why I voted for Biden last time. If he’s going to just enable it, I may as let it happen and not make myself a target.

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ddb/restrict-act-insanely-broad-ban-tiktok-vpns
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686

It absolutely shouldn't.

I agree. Why can’t the government just say “TikTok is henceforth banned in all jurisdictions of the United States” or some other ordinary thing like that and be on their way?

I mean if they are going to do that without strong reason, the precedent for everything else on here is already set. That’s why a “tiktok ban” alone is not some compromise. This supposed threat really is just the “WMDs” of 2023. America hasn’t learned 20 years later, truly sad.

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This act is obviously horrible and goes far beyond simply 'banning tiktok' and pretty much lays the groundwork for an American Great Firewall, but it's going to pass because people just don't care anymore. They care more about inane bullsh**t like whatever some inbred old f**ks are doing in England or whatever stupid thing Kanye West said now.

54% of Americans can't even read above an elementary school level, what makes you think they actually care about something that matters like internet privacy?

If anything, caring about privacy at all gets you ostracized from society, especially from the consumerist vegetables called 'Generation Z'

I won’t respond to the obvious bait, but Gen Z is the most against this act as you know, not that it should matter.