Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by Ekaros on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:55AM
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Don't participate in or even oppose next invasion of other sovereign nation. You are now adversary. And all of your products will be banned from market...
Re:TikTok Ban Bill Is Patriot Act 2.0 Trojan Horse
by epakai on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:06AM
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> Who gets to designate “adversaries”?
The Commerce Secretary, however the bill also specifies the legislature's ability to check this via a joint resolution (in both directions, adding or removing from the list). The legislature has just assigned responsibility to a faster acting executive, not totally ceded their control.
This bill is a huge transfer of power from the legislature to the executive.
That means that for 4-year blocks, one party gets to control all the interpretations of the various vagaries and ambiguities in the bill and throw people in jail for 20 years. Oppose anything about Ukraine policy? You’re aiding an adversary (Russia). 20 years for you.
This bill is terrifying and much worse than the Patriot Act, which has militarized and politicized law enforcement and prosecution across the country. It’s not just bad, it’s evil.