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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

By giving the President the power to ban websites, not just apps, it opens up a whole new can of worms.

Instead of targeting foreign adversaries directly, the law holds US (or offshore) internet hosting services and app stores responsible for any breaches in security or privacy.

This is a Trojan horse that could lead to censorship and control over what people access online.

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[-] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 8 months ago

Could this actually be a big deal for AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure? This might cause an economic crash accompanied by hundreds of thousands more layoffs if they decided to enforce it against US big tech companies.

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 8 months ago

All three are already in deep with the US security apparatus so I don't know how it could be used against them honestly.

[-] TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 8 months ago

Real lol it would get shot down the moment it actually threatened any of their daddy donors' profits, or they just wouldn't even propose it

This is the only reason I think they might not pass it, but if they twist it just enough to serve their masters like y'all said....

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