ACLU Slams House for Latest Plan to Ban TikTok and Stifle Free Speech (scheerpost.com)

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The "purpose" is to target TikTok, sure. But that doesn't really matter as it could be used to enforce laws against any other company / country doing something similar. Laws are often used beyond the original intent.

Though if it's not written broadly enough I believe it could be ruled unconstitutional.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I'm not Constitutional lawyer, but that's my impression as well. I'm guessing they'll just adjust the definition of "adversary" to match their political aims though.

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