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kumarei t1_jeb54nq wrote

Sigh. This article has some legitimate criticism of the bill, such as the jingo-ism animating it and the first amendment implications of banning TikTok.

Alongside that, though, is the same sky-is-falling rhetoric. It's justified by linking another article which uses as its source... not joking... "Internet Rumors". Maybe just ask a lawyer before saying what the bill does or doesn't do?

Possibly one from the EFF, for example? They'd even be on your side in opposing the bill.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/government-hasnt-justified-tiktok-ban

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MC68328 t1_jebvt2v wrote

>It's justified by linking another article which uses as its source... not joking... "Internet Rumors".

This is the article he's vague-commenting about:

https://reason.com/2023/03/29/could-the-restrict-act-criminalize-the-use-of-vpns/

> Maybe just ask a lawyer before saying what the bill does or doesn't do?

What a weird thing to say when there are idiots in Congress with law degrees who don't understand the law, the Constitution, or the consequences of what they write or vote on.

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