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[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Because the bill lets them ban anything that they want, not just TikTok. All the have to do is assert “foreign influence” and they can block, censor, or force sale to “American interests”.

Basically these motherfuckers are doing their best to make it so you only see, hear, and read what they want. And if that’s not actually their intent, they’re leaving the door wide open for the next guy to do it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

And if the current guy doesn't get his shit together, that next guy is going to be the former guy and then the entire world's fucked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Not true. They have to show that the company is headquartered in or owned by the "sensitive country".

Giant loophole for American Data vendors and marketers to sell data and targeted advertising to China. (Which is just an algorithm by a different name.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Because the bill lets them ban anything that they want, not just TikTok. All the have to do is assert “foreign influence” and they can block, censor, or force sale to “American interests”.

How long until this is used against a Fediverse instance?