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Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse by matheusmoreira on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:01AM (#35368228)
I can already see the copyright monopolists lobbying the government to classify infringement as intellectual terrorism or something.
Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse by gruez on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:06AM (#35368272)
Again, the problem there wouldn't be that the law is banning VPNs, it's having harsh punishment for copyright infringement. That's a perfectly serviceable argument. Don't say they're putting people in jail for using VPNs, that would just be dishonest.

The same applies for the tiktok law. Go out and argue how the government is banning you from using tiktok under threat of prison sentence or whatever. Don't make the unsupported argument that the proposed law is going to punish you for using VPNs for unrelated reasons (eg. torrenting).