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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:41PM (#25144799)
> Joe Biden wrote the original Patriot act.

No, he didn't.

USA PATRIOT Act was from Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI). It incorporated material from 3 earlier bills, one of which was also by Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the others by Sen. Daschle (D-SD) and Rep. Oxley (R-OH).

https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3162...

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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by konjin on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:42PM (#25145267)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Counterterrorism_Act_o...

I should have said draft instead of original.

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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @09:32PM (#25145572)
It wasnt substantively similar to the USA PATRIOT Act, beyond being laws that have some relation to terrorism.
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