The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power
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The platform isn’t a national security threat, but a challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance
        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          Yes, and I’ve read most of it. It’s not nearly as bad as the Patriot Act.

          I’m absolutely against this ban on first amendment grounds, but it’s not nearly as bad as the Patriot Act was and still is (it has changed names, but it’s pretty similar to how it was when passed).

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
              3·
              8 months ago

              Yes, the bill isn’t that long, but I kind of skimmed parts.

              The Patriot Act was reauthorized several times, and it eventually expired, but it’s still effectively enforced by permanent provisions as well as other bills passed since then.

              Regardless, equating this bill and the Patriot Act is nonsensical. This bill allows the government to ban apps and services from adversary countries. It doesn’t authorize data collection on citizens or any of the other nonsense we got from the Patriot Act, it merely allows the government to block certain apps and services from US markets. It’s hardly the same thing.